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consummation

英 [kɒnsə'meɪʃ(ə)n; -sjʊ-] 美 [,kɑnsə'meʃən]

解释

n. 圆满成功；完成；成就；达到极点

※ 提供单词"consummation"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

英文词源

consummation (n.): late 14c., "completion," from Latin consummationem (nominative consummatio), from consummat-, past participle stem of consummare "to sum up, finish," from com- "together" (see com-) + summa "sum, total," from summus "highest" (see sum (n.)). Sense of "completion of a marriage (by sexual intercourse)" is c. 1530.

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例句和用法

1. The paintings are the consummation of his life's work.: 这些画是他毕生努力的完美结晶。

2. This terrace was the final consummation of the house's plan.: 这个平台是这所房子设计中最完美的杰作.

3. The bold and brilliant dream still awaits its consummation.: 这个勇敢明智的理想仍有待实现.

4. Death is the consummation of life.: 死是生命的终结.

5. The bold and brilliant dream which excited the founder of this nation still awaits its consummation.: 开国先贤所追求的勇敢明智的理想仍有待完成.