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。
Extra ExamplesIn 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- dramatic
- exciting
- …
- come to
- hit
- reach
- …
- come
- at the climax
- in a/the climax
- climax to
- …
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。
Extra ExamplesTopics Film and theatrec1, Musicc1The 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- dramatic
- exciting
- …
- come to
- hit
- reach
- …
- come
- at the climax
- in a/the climax
- climax to
- …
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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sexual
- achieve
- reach
compare anticlimax
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in rhetoric): from late Latin, from Greek klimax ‘ladder, climax’. The sense ‘culmination’ arose in the late 18th cent.