consummate1

adjective
🔊/kənˈsʌmət/, 🔊/ˈkɒnsəmət/
🔊/ˈkɑːnsəmət/
[usually before noun] (formal)
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  1. showing great skill; perfect技艺高超的;完美的
    • She was a consummate performer.她是个技艺非凡的表演者。🔊🔊
    • He played the shot with consummate skill.他以高超的技巧投球进篮。🔊🔊
    • (disapproving) a consummate liar撒谎高手
    Extra Examples
    • She played with consummate skill.她演奏水平很高。
    • The man was a consummate liar.这个男人是个完美的骗子。
    • a consummate actor/​politician完善的演员/政客
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryConsummate is used with these nouns:
    • actor, actress
    • diplomat
    • ease
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    Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective in the sense ‘completed, accomplished’): from Latin consummat- ‘brought to completion’, from the verb consummare, from con- ‘altogether’ + summa ‘sum total’, feminine of summus ‘highest, supreme’.

consummate2

verb
🔊/ˈkɒnsəmeɪt/
🔊/ˈkɑːnsəmeɪt/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they consummate
🔊/ˈkɒnsəmeɪt/
🔊/ˈkɑːnsəmeɪt/
he / she / it consummates
🔊/ˈkɒnsəmeɪts/
🔊/ˈkɑːnsəmeɪts/
past simple consummated
🔊/ˈkɒnsəmeɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈkɑːnsəmeɪtɪd/
past participle consummated
🔊/ˈkɒnsəmeɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈkɑːnsəmeɪtɪd/
-ing form consummating
🔊/ˈkɒnsəmeɪtɪŋ/
🔊/ˈkɑːnsəmeɪtɪŋ/
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  1. consummate something to make a marriage or a relationship complete by having sex(初次)行房;通过性交使(婚姻或两人的关系)圆满
    • The marriage lasted only a week and was never consummated.那段婚姻仅维持了一星期,期间从未行房。🔊🔊
    Topics Life stagesc2
  2. consummate something to make something complete or perfect使完整;使完美