单词	culmination
释义	culminationcul‧mi‧na‧tion /ˌkʌlməˈneɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Carnival time in Rio is the culmination of months of preparation. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS If it was on purpose, the culmination of some evil conspiracy, well of course it will happen again. Is this what you imagined the culmination of your life would be? The creation of devices capable of producing resonance was the culmination of a long and patient exploration of sounds. The nurse brings to the relationship herself as a unique human being, the culmination of her particular life experiences. The same approach is applied to the whole body of a three-quarter length figure, which is the culmination of the series. There was, obviously, no simple starting point for the developments we shall examine, nor any pre-ordained culmination. This was the culmination of an atomic programme that the Fourth Republic had begun and which de Gaulle had accelerated. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► represent · They represent the culmination of a term or year's work or the end-point of a course of study.· The whiplash dynamics of Batman Returns represent the culmination of a process that has been going on for the last 15 years. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the culmination of something It was the culmination of two years of mounting media attention for Beattie. The blue I used to make, she thought to herself, was the culmination of a sequence. The deal marked the culmination of years of negotiation with the city authorities. The nurse brings to the relationship herself as a unique human being, the culmination of her particular life experiences. The same approach is applied to the whole body of a three-quarter length figure, which is the culmination of the series. The sampling at the station was performed approximately 2 weeks before the culmination of the spring bloom. The Silver Helm Knights are the culmination of thousands of years of experience in mounted combat. This marked the culmination of a pro-democracy campaign launched by opposition groups in February 1990. the culmination of something something, especially something important, that happens at the end of a long period of effort or development:  This little book represented the culmination of 15 years’ work.
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