- 1巔峰、最高潮、長年努力後的頂點（較正式）。
The culmination of something is the high point that comes at the end of a long stretch of work or growth. A concert can be the culmination of months of practice; a prize can be the culmination of a career. The word feels a little formal — more at home in writing and speeches than in chat. Behind it there is an older picture from the sky: a star culminates when it reaches its highest place. still use that sense, but most meet the “end and high point after a long climb” sense first. It sits near climax, though climax often means the most moment in a story, while culmination stresses that you arrived there after a long build-up.
From the word’s history
From French culmination, from culminer; culminate + -ion.
源自法文 culmination，來自 culminer「到達頂點」。
組成Borrowed from French culmination, from culminer, or from Medieval Latin culminatus + -tion. Morphologically culminate + -ion. Older Latin culmen meant a peak or roof-ridge.
同家族的字
- culminatethe verb this noun is built from: to reach that high end-point
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
culminationnoun/ˌkʌl.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
- 1
astronomynatural-sciencesThe attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
- 2
An endpoint arrived at after some series of actions or events, or some period, usually after the series or period has ended. The sum of something.
- 3
An attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.
- 4
educationA ceremony marking the completion of studies at an elementary school, middle school or junior high school.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。