culminating是什么意思？

culminating

英[kʌl'mɪneɪtɪŋ] 美[kʌl'mɪneɪtɪŋ]

• adj. 到绝顶的，终极的，最后的；

例句

• Late in the summer of 2006, I started having some unusual symptoms, culminating with jaudice. 2006年夏末, 我开始有一些异常的症状, 最后出现了黄疸.
• This is the process that is culminating in our age. 这个过程在我们的时代到达了最高峰.
• The economy lurched between boom and bust, culminating in near - bankruptcy in 2001. 经济在繁荣与破产之间逡巡不前, 在2001年几近崩溃.

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。