climax
noun /ˈklaɪmæks/
/ˈklaɪmæks/
- the most exciting or important event or point in time
（重要事情或时刻的）高潮，极点，顶点 - to come to/reach a climax
达到极点 - Signing the peace agreement was the climax of his political career.
签署和平协议是他政治生涯的高潮。 - The team’s 3–1 victory in the final provided a fitting climax to a great season.
该队在决赛中3:1获胜恰如其分地将这一重要赛季推向高潮。
- In a dramatic climax, our team lost by one goal.
在富有戏剧性的高潮阶段，我们队以一球之差输掉了比赛。 - The affair was brought to a climax when the chairman resigned.
主席辞职，将事件推向高潮。 - The crisis reached its climax in the 1970s.
危机在 20 世纪 70 年代达到顶峰。 - Yesterday marked the climax of the celebrations.
昨天标志着庆祝活动达到了高潮。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- dramatic
- exciting
- …
- come to
- hit
- reach
- …
- come
- at the climax
- in a/the climax
- climax to
- …
- to come to/reach a climax
- the most exciting part of a play, piece of music, etc. that usually happens near the end
（戏剧、音乐等通常接近结束时出现的）高潮 - The book’s powerful climax is the murder of Nancy by her lover Bill Sikes.
这本书最有力的高潮是南希被她的情人比尔·赛克斯谋杀。
Topics Film and theatrec1, Musicc1- The climax came at the end of the second act of the play.
高潮出现在这场戏的第二幕结尾。 - The hero dies at the climax of the opera.
主人公在歌剧达到高潮时死去。 - The story gradually builds to a powerful climax.
故事渐渐达到有感染力的高潮。 - The story builds up to a powerful climax with the murder of Nancy by her lover Bill Sikes.
南希被她的情人比尔•塞克斯杀死，至此故事达到了令人震撼的高潮。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- dramatic
- exciting
- …
- come to
- hit
- reach
- …
- come
- at the climax
- in a/the climax
- climax to
- …
- The book’s powerful climax is the murder of Nancy by her lover Bill Sikes.
- the highest point of sexual pleasure
性高潮 - She found it hard to achieve a/reach climax.
她感觉很难达到性高潮。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sexual
- achieve
- reach
compare anticlimax - She found it hard to achieve a/reach climax.
词源mid 16th cent. (in rhetoric): from late Latin, from Greek klimax ‘ladder, climax’. The sense ‘culmination’ arose in the late 18th cent.