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单词 culmination
释义
culmination
noun[U]
uk
/ˌkʌl.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌkʌl.məˈneɪ.ʃən/
thepointat which aneventorseriesofeventsends, havingdevelopeduntil itreachesthispoint:
Winning firstprizewastheculminationofyearsofpracticeand hardwork.
Thebookwas afittingculminationtohiscareer.
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  • The Championship is the culmination of an eight-weekseriesoftournaments.
  • At the culmination of theprogram, eachuniversityindividuallygrantsdegreestoitsenrolledstudents.
  • Thisbookis thelogicalculmination of everything she's written in the past.
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(Definition ofculminationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofculmination

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And, as aculminationto these studies, they watched the film version of the opera with rapt attention.
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Unamuno and his ethics of the exerted spirit are theculminationof these traditions.
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Theculminationof a decade-long process of harmonization and negotiation, this invitation symbolized the success of these countries in instituting political democracies and market economies.
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So, while they represent in part theculminationof nineteenth-century realistic theatre, they can also be viewed as part of the modern theatre as well.
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In a larger sense, of course, thisculmination, as it does not simply end the opera, stimulates the further action.
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The present paper represents theculminationof several years work on the effects of anisotropic wall compliance on boundary-layer stability and transition.
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The holding of local elections in 2002-03 can be seen as theculminationof this turn to democracy.
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Art and writing are seen as the culminations of a continuous evolutionary process, of which an early phase was the emergence of language.
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This work was theculminationof over 11 years of study.
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This volume might be regarded as theculminationof these efforts.
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Consider a preference for honesty: people seem to prefer achieving the sameculminationoutcome through more rather than less honest actions.
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Each book is theculminationof an ambitious research program looking into the structure of firms and industries from the sociological perspective.
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Thematic aspect is based on the primitive semantic feature of 'action ' and causality, while temporal aspect is concerned with concepts of change andculmination.
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I wonder, however, how much of a role such strategic constitutional thinking really played in theculminationof the radical abolitionist project.
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The scientific and ethical reasoning behind the whole endeavour is discussed, as is its potentialculmination.
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