culmination

頂点、集大成

一連の出来事や努力を経て達する、最も高い段階や重要な時点。

やさしい英語で： The highest or most important point reached after a series of events or efforts.

• The award was the culmination of her career.
• This agreement marks the culmination of months of talks.
• Their final performance was the culmination of a long tour.

使い方： the culmination of something (The exhibition was the culmination of years of work.)

類義語： climax, peak

よく使う表現： culmination of something, mark the culmination, culmination of power, culmination of glory

子午線通過、南中

星や惑星が、観測者から見て空で最も高い位置に達する時。

やさしい英語で： The moment when a star or planet reaches its highest position in the sky above an observer.

• The star approaches its upper culmination.
• The astronomer calculated the time of culmination.
• We measured the altitude of the planet at culmination.

使い方： culmination of something (We recorded the culmination of the star.)

類義語： transit

よく使う表現： upper culmination, lower culmination, culmination of something