climax,n 1 (a) most interesting or significant event or point in time; culmination : the climax of his political career 在他政治生涯中的顶点The climax of the celebration was a firework display. 庆祝会的高潮是燃放烟火.,(b) most intense part (esp of a play, piece of music, etc) The music approached a climax. 乐曲接近高潮. His intervention brought their quarrel to a climax. 他一干预使他们的口角达到最激烈程度.,v 1 bring (sth) to or come to a climax. Her career climaxed in the award of an Oscar. 她荣获奥斯卡金像奖是她事业的顶峰.,climax： 1）I came, I saw, I conquered.我来了，我看见了，我胜利了。(Julius Caesar) 2)“I am the way, the truth, and the life.“ (St.John, The New Testament, Chapter 14, verse 4) 2）anticlimax：“The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.“ (Mark Twain),