Something, especially something important, that is the culmination of an activity, process, or series of events happens at the end of it.
例句
Their arrest was the culmination of an operation in which 120 other people were detained.他们的被捕标志着一场另有120人被拘留的行动的结束。
英汉词典释义
n.
顶点;高潮的到达
The space race reached its culmination in the first moon walk.太空竞争以第一次在月球行走而达到顶峰。
结束;完成
A decision will be taken at the culmination of the initial research.在初始阶段研究结束时将作出决议。The show marked the culmination of months of hard work.这场演出标志着几个月艰辛工作的最终成果。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a final climactic stage;
"their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development"
2. (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon