climax
n. 高潮,顶点; 最精彩处
v. 达到顶点; 使达到高潮
The climax of something is the most exciting or important moment in it, usually near the end.
For Pritchard, reaching an Olympics was the climax of her career...
对普里查德来说,参加奥运会是她事业上的巅峰。
It was the climax to 24 hours of growing anxiety...
24小时里不断加重的焦虑在那一刻达到顶点。
The event that climaxes a sequence of events is an exciting or important event that comes at the end. You can also say that a sequence of events climaxes with a particular event.
The demonstration climaxed two weeks of strikes...
游行示威将持续了两周的罢工推向了高潮。
They've just finished a sell-out UK tour that climaxed with a three-night stint at Brixton Academy.
他们刚刚结束在英国的巡回演出,演出场场爆满,最后在布里克斯顿学院进行的为期3天的演出将此次活动推向了高潮。
A climax is an orgasm .
When someone climaxes, they have an orgasm.
Often, a man can enjoy making love but may not be sufficiently aroused to climax.
通常情况下,男人可能会享受鱼水之欢,但未必能完全达到高潮。
1. the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding;
2. the decisive moment in a novel or play;
3. the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
4. the most severe stage of a disease
5. arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
1. end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage;
summit, climax, peak, top
这些名词均含"顶点"之意。
The Greek debt crisis brought matters to a climax.
希腊债务危机将事态推到了一个高潮.
Enterprises " internal logistics transformation projects have come to their climax. "
企业内部物流改造工程出现了高潮.
The fifth scene was the climax of the play.
第五场是全剧的高潮.
Compare his reluctance here with his announcement of a prophecy at the climax of the Antigone.
将此处他的勉强和在《安蒂冈妮》中宣布神喻的高潮相比较.
This passage foreshadows the climax of the story.
这一段为故事的高潮作了铺垫.