consummation
- 英式英标[,kɑnsə\'meʃən]
- 美式音标[kɒnsə\'meɪʃ(ə)n; -sjʊ-]
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.
实用例句
- 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。
来自《权威词典》
- 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.
来自辞典例句
- 3. The bold and brilliant dream still awaits its consummation.
- 这个勇敢明智的理想仍有待实现.
来自辞典例句
- 4. Death is the consummation of life.
- 死是生命的终结.
来自辞典例句
- 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.
来自辞典例句
