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climactic [noun]
climactic 常作定语，放在名词前，指某事的高潮部分或决定性时刻。
The movie's climactic scene left everyone speechless.
电影的高潮场景让所有人目瞪口呆。
高潮的；顶点的
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高潮的；顶点的
forming or relating to a climax
The movie's climactic scene left everyone speechless.
电影的高潮场景让所有人目瞪口呆。
高潮的,构成高潮的；达到决定性时刻或最激动人心的顶点。
Of, pertaining to, or constituting a climax; reaching a decisive moment or point of greatest excitement.
The climactic scene of the movie left everyone in the theater silent.
电影的高潮一幕让影院里每个人都沉默不语。
The director placed the climactic moment near the end of the second act.
导演把高潮时刻安排在第二幕即将结束时。
Her last speech provided a climactic finish to the whole conference.
她的最后一场演讲为整场会议带来了高潮般的收尾。
climactic 常作定语，放在名词前，指某事的高潮部分或决定性时刻。
The movie's climactic scene left everyone speechless.
电影的高潮场景让所有人目瞪口呆。
climactic 也可作表语，说明某事件本身具有高潮性质。
The final match was truly climactic.
最后一场比赛确实达到了高潮。
Not this
The film has a very climatic ending.
Use this
The film has a very climactic ending.
climactic 意为“高潮的”，而 climatic 意为“气候的”；两词拼写相近但意义不同，此处描述电影结局应使用 climactic。
Not this
The ending of the movie was very climax.
Use this
The ending of the movie was very climactic.
climax 是名词或动词，不能用作形容词；表达“高潮的”应使用形容词形式 climactic。
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高潮场面
The movie's climactic scene takes place on a rooftop at sunset.
电影的高潮场面发生在日落时分的屋顶上。
高潮时刻
The crowd cheered at the climactic moment of the match.
比赛进入高潮时刻，人群欢呼起来。
决战
The novel ends with a climactic battle between the two armies.
这部小说以两军之间的决战收尾。
激动人心的高潮终曲
The symphony builds to a climactic finale.
这首交响曲逐步推向激动人心的高潮终曲。
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climactic 里藏着 climax（高潮），-ic 表形容词，即“高潮的、顶点的”；别和 climatic（气候的）混淆。
语域：neutral 常见场景：film and book reviews、literary analysis、sports commentary climactic 通常用于正式或书面语境，强调事件、故事或演出达到高潮的部分；在日常口语中比较少见，人们更常说 peak 或 high point。
Rhymes with tactic, lactic, syntactic, didactic, and prophylactic (all end /æktɪk/). Warning: climatic /klaɪˈmætɪk/ looks similar but is not a rhyme (it has no /k/ before /t/).
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