culminates是什么意思？

culminates

• v. 达到极点( culminate的第三人称单数 )；

例句

• And so on. Each hierarchy culminates in its own particular Pope. 依此类推. 每一等级的人到头来终有自己具体最崇拜的教皇.
• Animal life culminates in man. 动物发达到顶点而成为人.
• A reading from Shakespeare culminates the performance. 朗诵莎士比亚的一篇作品做为演出的结束.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  (以…)结束，告终
  If you say that an activity, process, or series of events culminates in or with a particular event, you mean that event happens at the end of it.
  例句
  They had an argument, which culminated in Tom getting drunk... 他们争论了一番，最后汤姆喝醉了。 The celebration of the centenary will culminate with a dinner on November 20. 百年庆典活动将在11月20日的宴会中宣告结束。