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单词 consummate
释义
consummate
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1adjv 2v

Consummate means complete, finished, or masterful. If you refer to someone as a consummate chef, then you are saying he is the ultimate chef. If you say someone is a consummate jerk, then you are saying he is the ultimate jerk.
Consummate can be used to describe something good or bad: consummate joy, a consummate liar. To consummate means to bring something to completion, but it often refers specifically to making a marriage complete by having sexual relations. The adjective is pronounced KÄN-sə-mit, but the verb is pronounced KÄN-sə-māt.
WORD FAMILY
consummate: consummated, consummately, consummates, consummating, consummation+/consummated: unconsummated/consummation: consummations
USAGE EXAMPLES
They honor, with consummate skill, the scholastic discipline of canon and fugue.
The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016)
The company warned, however, that the agreement is nonbinding at this point and the deal may not be consummated.
Wall Street Journal(Dec 20, 2016)
Not so with Carothers: Olson said friends invariably remember the 53-year-old father of five as a great friend and a consummate family man.
Washington Times(Dec 17, 2016)
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1adj having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
a consummate artist
consummate skill
Syn
masterful, masterly, virtuoso
skilled
having or showing or requiring special skill
2adj perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities
consummate happiness
a consummate performance
Syn
complete
perfect
being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
3adj without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
a consummate fool
Syn
arrant, complete, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter
unmitigated
not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier
4v make perfect; bring to perfection
Hyper
accomplish, action, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill
put in effect
2
v fulfill sexually
consummate a marriage
Hyper
accomplish, action, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill
put in effect
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