climax 词态变化
第三人称单数: climaxes;过去式: climaxed;过去分词: climaxed;现在分词: climaxing;
climax 中文词源
climax 高潮来自PIE*klei,倾斜，词源同lean,incline.-ax,表示最高级，词源同apex,next,approximate.
climax 英文词源
- climax
- climax: [16] Etymologically, a climax is a series of steps by which a goal is achieved, but in the late 18th century English, anticipating the culmination, started using it for the goal itself. It comes, via late Latin, from Greek klimax ‘ladder’, which was ultimately from the same source (the Indo-European base *kli-) as produced English lean. This came to be used metaphorically as a rhetorical term for a figure of speech in which a series of statements is arranged in order of increasing forcefulness, and hence for any escalating progression: ‘the top of the climax of their wickedness’, Edmund Burke 1793.
Whence modern English ‘high point’.
=> ladder, lean - climax (n.)
- 1580s, in the rhetorical sense (a chain of reasoning in graduating steps from weaker to stronger), from Late Latin climax (genitive climacis), from Greek klimax "propositions rising in effectiveness," literally "ladder," from root of klinein "to slope," from PIE root *klei- "to lean" (see lean (v.)).
The rhetorical meaning evolved in English through "series of steps by which a goal is achieved," to "escalating steps," to (1789) "high point of intensity or development," a usage credited by the OED to "popular ignorance." The meaning "sexual orgasm" is recorded by 1880 (also in terms such as climax of orgasm), said to have been promoted from c. 1900 by birth-control pioneer Marie Stopes (1880-1958) and others as a more accessible word than orgasm (n.). - climax (v.)
- 1835, "to reach the highest point," from climax (n.). Related: Climaxed; climaxing.
climax 英文释义
- 1. the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding;
- "the climax of the artist's career"
- "in the flood tide of his success"
- 2. the decisive moment in a novel or play;
- "the deathbed scene is the climax of the 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
climax 同义词解析
summit, climax, peak, top
这些名词均含"顶点"之意。
summit： 书面用词，指山的最顶峰部分，也指通过努力可以达到的最高水平，还指最重要的，国家间的首脑最高级会谈。
climax： 指戏剧等的高潮，也指事
物发展中的极点，因此多含其后由盛而衰的意味。
peak： 指山峰的全部或上部。
top： 普通用词，可指包括人或物或其它任何的最高点或顶点。
climax 双语例句
- 1. 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。
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- 2. The business in hand was approaching some kind of climax.
- 手头的生意似乎快到紧要关头了。
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- 3. Lambing is the climax of the sheep farmer's year.
- 一年之中，产羔期最令羊农高兴。
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- 4. The climax came one sultry August evening.
- 在8月一个闷热的夜晚，高潮到来了。
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- 5. The fifth scene was the climax of the play.
- 第五场是全剧的高潮.
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climax 实用场景例句
- to come to/reach a climax
- 达到极点
牛津词典
- the climax of his political career
- 他政治生涯的巅峰
牛津词典
- The festival will climax on Sunday with a gala concert.
- 星期天的音乐盛会将把这次会演推向高潮。
牛津词典
- The sensational verdict climaxed a six-month trial.
- 那项引起轰动的裁决使长达六个月的审判达到了高潮。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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.
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- 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.
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- The fifth scene was the climax of the play.
- 第五场是全剧的高潮.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 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.
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- This passage foreshadows the climax of the story.
- 这一段为故事的高潮作了铺垫.
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- His intervention brought their quarrel to a climax.
- 他一干预使他们的口角达到最激烈程度.
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- The ending of the story pushed the performance to another climax.
- 故事的结局再一次将演出推向高潮.
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- At the climax of the disease the virus was detected in the lungs.
- 当病症达到最严重阶段时,检测到肺里有这种病毒.
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- The meeting was brought to a climax by her appearance on the stage.
- 她在台上出现使会议达到了高潮.
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- It looks as if the battle is moving to its climax.
- 看来好象战事行将达到高潮.
辞典例句
- This well established town is a fitting climax for a journey to the unknown.
- 这座历史悠久的城市非常适合作为探索未知之旅的高潮项目.
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- At the climax Peck trains a gun on the villain.
- 在影片的高潮,派克把枪口对准了这个恶棍.
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- Hardly had the football match gone into climax when It'started to rain.
- 6足球比赛刚刚进入高潮,突然下起雨来.
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- The climax came in May.
- 5月份,最紧迫的问题发生了.
辞典例句
- This group of brilliant paintings reaches the climax of the painter's artistry.
- 这批精彩的画达到了这位画家绘画艺术技巧的顶峰.
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- The start of the climax ; reaching the throne room.
- 高潮的起点,王座的前奏.
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- The second day is the water splashing day when the celebrations reach a thrilling climax.
- 第二天是最隆重的日子--泼水日.
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- The story works up to a climax as it draws to a close.
- 故事快到结束时逐渐达到了高潮.
《简明英汉词典》
- Their conduct in this affair caps the climax of absurdity.
- 在这件事情上,他们的表现荒唐透顶.
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- The revolutionary upsurge reached its climax in bitter street fighting.
- 革命的浪潮在剧烈的巷战中达到了顶峰.
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- His quarrel with his father brought matters to a climax.
- 他与他父亲的争吵使得事态发展到了顶点.
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