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. 對普裡查德來說，進軍奧林匹尅運動會是她事業的巔峰。

It was the climax to 24 hours of growing anxiety. 這是24小時不斷陞溫的焦慮的頂點。

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. 使達到高潮; 達到高潮[journalism]

The demonstration climaxed two weeks of strikes. 遊行示威達到了兩周罷工的高潮。