单词 | climactic |
释义 | climactic (klaɪmæktɪk ) adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A climactic moment in a story or a series of events is one in which a very exciting or important event occurs. [formal] ...the film's climactic scene. Synonyms: crucial, central, critical, peak Collocations: climactic event The layout makes a grand backdrop, and the revolution was the climactic event it served as a backdrop for. Smithsonian Mag Dacite was the igneous rock making up the tephra in these eruptions and in the following climactic event. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Through the effects of climactic events, government policy, war and crop failure, millions of people died in each of at least ten famines between the 1920s and the 1990s. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They don't think beyond the climactic moment to the fact they won't be there to savor it. Christianity Today And at the climactic moment of each event, it was not music or drama or group therapy or video we wanted. Christianity Today The film's climactic moment finds the hero sitting in an empty theatre, desperately waiting for someone to show up. Globe and Mail Biopics need to choose a climactic moment in a life. Times, Sunday Times Episodes which end in the middle of a climactic moment are often called cliffhangers, after the name used for early movie serials. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The climactic scene, as various cast members disappear over a handy balcony, felt a bit clumsy, and there were some uncharacteristic uncertainties here and there. Times, Sunday Times Some of the most ardent criticisms of the film have surrounded a climactic scene that's disturbing in the extreme. Times, Sunday Times Concern centred on a climactic scene. Times, Sunday Times Although it ends with a climactic scene that has been done dozens of times in thrillers, on this one occasion it felt entirely believable. Times, Sunday Times The climactic scenes are almost all about plot. Christianity Today |
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