consummate
consummate 英 [ˈkɒnsəmeɪt] 美 [ˈkɑnsəmeɪt]
adj. 至上的；完美的；圆满的 vt. 完成；作成；使达到极点
进行时:consummating 过去式:consummated 过去分词:consummated 第三人称单数:consummates
- Consummate means complete, finished, or masterful. If you refer to someone as a consummate chef, then you are saying he is the ultimate chef. If you say someone is a consummate jerk, then you are saying he is the ultimate jerk.
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- adj. 至上的；完美的；圆满的
- vt. 完成；作成；使达到极点
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1. When I am tempted to quit and begin again tomorrow I will say them and immediately act to consummate another sale.
当我今天想放弃，打算明天重新开始时，我会默念这句话，然后立即行动，完成下一桩生意。
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2. This intense consumption is particularly true of music, where the Japanese excel as the world's consummate music collectors.
这种消费热情在音乐上尤其如此，日本人是世界上最完美的音乐收藏家。
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3. Several large shareholders have said recently that they favored a deal with Microsoft, and they have voiced their anger at Yahoo’s management for its inability to consummate a merger.
数位大股东表示近来他们比较倾向同微软达成协议，同时他们还显示出了对雅管理层未能完成合并的不满之意。
- consummate (adj.) c. 1500, "complete, perfect, carried to the utmost extent or degree," from Latin consummatus "perfected, complete," past participle of consummare "sum up, complete," from assimilated form of com "together, with" (see con-) + summa "sum, total," from summus "highest" (see sum (n.)). Of persons, "accomplished, very qualified," from 1640s. Related: Consummately.
- consummate (v.) mid-15c., "to bring to completion, finish by completing what was intended," from Latin consummatus, past participle of consummare "to sum up, make up, complete, finish," from assimilated form of com "together, with" (see con-) + summa "sum, total," from summus "highest" (see sum (n.)).
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