apogee

英 [ˈæpədʒiː]

美 [ˈæpədʒiː]

n.  顶峰; 顶点; 最高点; 远地点(绕地运动的天体在轨道上离地球或其他行星的最远点)

GRE化学

BNC.25101 / COCA.24484

牛津词典

noun

• 顶峰；顶点；最高点
  the highest point of sth, where it is greatest or most successful
• 远地点（绕地运动的天体在轨道上离地球或其他行星的最远点）
  the point in the orbit of the moon, a planet or other object in space when it is furthest from the planet, for example the earth, around which it turns

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 顶峰；顶点；最高点
  Theapogeeof something such as a culture or a business is its highest or its greatest point.
  1. The Alliance for Progress reached its apogee during the first half of the decade.
     这十年中的前五年是进步联盟迈向顶峰的时期。

英英释义

noun

• apoapsis in Earth orbit
• a final climactic stage
  1. their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development
  Synonym:culmination

双语例句

• According to preliminary investigations by concerned parties, the cause of the failure was that the satellite's apogee engine was unable to normally operate because of a breakdown in the fuel valve.
  据有关方面初步调查，卫星的远地点发动机因燃料阀发生故障不能正常运转是造成失败的原因。
• The Gansevoort Hotel Group, which launched in 2003 and operates hotels in New York and Miami, is the apogee of the fashion approach to uniforms.
  2003年成立的Gansevoort酒店集团在纽约和迈阿密经营酒店，它以时尚手法对待制服的策略可谓登峰造极。
• Results External occipital protuberance apogee to foramen magnum empress distance;
  结果：枕外隆凸最高点至枕骨大孔后缘间的距离；
• In the case of finite thrust apogee maneuver for the geostationary satellite, the fuel consumption increases due to the long burn arc.
  推力有限时，地球同步轨道卫星在远地点变轨的弧段很长，会导致较多的燃料消耗。
• If this is an ellipse around the Earth, then this would be perigee and this would be apogee.
  如果这是一个围绕，地球的椭圆形轨道，那么这是近地点，这是远地点。
• The Alliance for Progress reached its apogee during the first half of the decade.
  这十年中的前五年是进步联盟迈向顶峰的时期。
• Particularly well equipped are the apogee telescopes.
  装备特别好的是远地点望远镜。
• We know the period, we know where apogee is, we know where perigee is,-we know the orbital period& anything we want to know.
  知道周期，知道远地点，和近地点在哪里，知道轨道周期-，知道了想知道的一切。
• Mechanism of influence of active groups in binder on mechanical properties of HTPB propellants bipropellant liquid apogee motor
  黏合剂活性基团对HTPB推进剂力学性能的影响机制双组元液体推进剂远地点发动机
• Although Mr Zakaria strives to present the rise of China, India and "the rest" as unthreatening to the US, the inescapable conclusion is that the Bush years marked the apogee of American power.
  尽管扎卡里亚竭力指出中国、印度和“其它国家”的崛起不会对美国构成威胁，但不可避免的结论是，布什时代是美国实力的最高峰。