climax

1. N-COUNT The climax of something is the most exciting or important moment in it, usually near the end. 高潮

For Pritchard, reaching the Olympics was the climax of her career. 對(duì)普里查德來(lái)說，進(jìn)軍奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)是她事業(yè)的巔峰。

It was the climax to 24 hours of growing anxiety. 這是24小時(shí)不斷升溫的焦慮的頂點(diǎn)。

2. V-T/V-I 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. 使達(dá)到高潮; 達(dá)到高潮[journalism]

The demonstration climaxed two weeks of strikes. 游行示威達(dá)到了兩周罷工的高潮。