summit

英 [ˈsʌmɪt]

美 [ˈsʌmɪt]

n.  最高点; 顶点; 山顶; (政府间的)首脑会议; 峰会

复数：summits　

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牛津词典

noun

• 最高点；顶点；山顶
  the highest point of sth, especially the top of a mountain
  1. We reached the summit at noon.
     中午时分我们抵达峰顶。
  2. This path leads to the summit.
     这条路通往山顶。
  3. the summit of his career
     他事业的顶峰
• （政府间的）首脑会议；峰会
  an official meeting or series of meetings between the leaders of two or more governments at which they discuss important matters
  1. a summit in Moscow
     在莫斯科举行的首脑会议
  2. a summit conference
     峰会

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (政府间的)峰会，首脑会议
  Asummitis a meeting at which the leaders of two or more countries discuss important matters.
  1. ...next week's Washington summit.
     下周的华盛顿峰会 
  2. ...the NATO summit meeting in Rome.
     在罗马举行的北约峰会
• N-COUNT 山顶;顶峰
  Thesummitof a mountain is the top of it.
  1. Snow gleamed on the summit of Mount Simon.
     西蒙山山顶白雪皑皑。

英英释义

noun

• a meeting of heads of governments
  Synonym:summit meeting
• the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
  1. the view from the peak was magnificent
  2. they clambered to the tip of Monadnock
  3. the region is a few molecules wide at the summit
  Synonym:peakcrowncresttoptip
• the highest level or degree attainable
  1. his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty
  2. the artist's gifts are at their acme
  3. at the height of her career
  4. the peak of perfection
  5. summer was at its peak
  6. ...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame
  7. the summit of his ambition
  8. so many highest superlatives achieved by man
  9. at the top of his profession
  Synonym:acmeheightelevationpeakpinnaclesuperlativemeridiantiptoptop

verb

• reach the summit (of a mountain)
  1. They breasted the mountain
  2. Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit
  Synonym:breast

双语例句

• All their attempts at reaching the summit failed.
  他们攀登顶峰的一切尝试都失败了。
• The summit was crowned by the signing of the historic START treaty.
  此次峰会以签订具有历史性意义的《削减进攻性战略武器条约》宣告圆满成功。
• The time will come when I climb to its very summit,| and see in one encompassing vision how tiny all other mountains are.
  会当凌绝顶，一览众山小。（杜甫《望岳》）
• Snow gleamed on the summit of Mount Simon.
  西蒙山山顶白雪皑皑。
• The staff is working frantically on final arrangements for the summit
  工作人员正紧张忙乱地为峰会做最后准备。
• So do the G8, and all of the countries at the World Summit in New York this year.
  八国集团和今年在纽约参加世界首脑会议的所有国家均怀着这种希望。
• It's a well-tried tactic to play down public expectations in advance of a superpower summit.
  在超级大国的峰会之前降低公众的期望值是个屡试不爽的策略。
• As we approached the summit we were vouchsafed a rare vision
  快到山顶时，我们有幸看到了难得一见的景象。
• The flag of China was raised on the summit of Mount Qomolangma.
  五星红旗插上了珠穆朗玛峰的顶峰。
• The summit of the mountain is lost in the cloud and mist.
  山顶隐没在云雾之中。