1. excel / excellent => cell- / -cel "rise, be high, rise high" (Latin cellere (pp. celsus) "rise, be high"), cognate with Latin collis "hill", English hill, column, culminate.
2. => hill, cul- "hill, top, peak, summit", col- "pillar, column, projecting object".
3. => cul- + -men- / -min- "passive suffix" => culmen / culmin- "hill, top, peak, summit".
4. Latin culmen (genitive culminis) "top, peak, summit".
5. => col- + -umn (-omen-在此单词中的变体) (与单词 alumnus 类同，进行对照理解和记忆) => column "pillar, column, projecting object".
6. culmin- "hill, top, peak, summit" + -ate => culminate.

culminate 终结

来自拉丁语culmen,顶点，词源同hill,column.

1. Giles set in motion a train of events which would culminate in tragedy.

贾尔斯触发了随后的一系列事件，这些事件最终将以悲剧收场。

2. The celebration of the centenary will culminate with a dinner on November 20.

百年庆典活动将在11月20日的宴会中宣告结束。

3. The celebration of the centenary will culminate with a dinner.

百年庆典活动将在宴会中宣告结束。

4. They all culminate in these four sections.

它们全部可以归于这4方面.

5. The sixth house, where the full moon culminate, also rules your health.

满月终结的第六宫, 掌控着你的健康.