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. 对普里查德来说，进军奥林匹克运动会是她事业的巅峰。

It was the climax to 24 hours of growing anxiety. 这是24小时不断升温的焦虑的顶点。

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. 使达到高潮; 达到高潮[journalism]

The demonstration climaxed two weeks of strikes. 游行示威达到了两周罢工的高潮。