crowning
adjective
uk/ˈkraʊ.nɪŋ/us/ˈkraʊ.nɪŋ/A crowningeventorachievementis thebestor mostimportantone:
(事件,成就)最伟大的,最重要的the crowningachievementof herlongcareer她漫长职业生涯的最高成就
Walking on themoonwas his crowningglory(= his mostimportantachievement).在月球上行走是他的无上荣耀。
Unsuccessful (people and things)
- abortive
- achiever
- be dead in the wateridiom
- botched
- counterproductive
- flatline
- futile
- go/get/head nowhereidiom
- inauspicious
- lame duck
- no-win
- rope
- small-time
- small-timer
- stillborn
- struggling
- unavailing
- vain
- vainly
- washed up