acme

[US]/'ækmɪ/
[UK]/'ækmi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 顶点,极点;最高点
Word Forms
复数acmes

Phrases & Collocations

acme of achievement

成就的巅峰

Example Sentences

the acme of perfection

完美无缺

the acme of good behavior

最崇高的行为

the acme of one’s hope

最高的愿望

physics is the acme of scientific knowledge.

物理学是科学知识的顶峰。

reached the acme of his career

达到了事业的顶峰

Real-world Examples

Denis was in the acme of embarrassment.

丹尼斯尴尬极了。

Source: The New Arabian Nights (Part Two)

The Ming and Qing Dynasties were the acme of Chinese autocratic and centralized feudal society.

明清时期是中国封建专制、集权社会的顶峰。

Source: TO THE LIGHTHOUSE

Such changes, however, reach their acme in the so-called alternate generations of some of the lower animals.

然而,这种变化在某些低等动物的所谓交替世代中达到了顶点。

Source: On the Origin of Species

However, though they flourished to an acme for a certain period, they found no continuity.

然而,尽管它们在某个时期达到了鼎盛时期,却没有找到连续性。

Source: TO THE LIGHTHOUSE

They are the acme of Nature's architecture, and in building them she has outrivalled all her erstwhile conceptions.

它们是大自然建筑的巅峰之作, 在建造它们的过程中, 她超越了她从前的所有构想。

Source: Vancouver Legend

In short, it praised the determined action of the Government as the acme of human wisdom and mercy, and exulted in the inauguration of an epoch of reasonable democracy free from the tyrannical fads of Socialism.

简而言之,它称赞政府的果断行动是人类智慧和仁慈的极致,并为摆脱社会主义专制狂热的合理民主时代的到来而欢欣鼓舞。

Source: News from Wuyou Township (Part 2)

To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence. Neither is it the acme of excellence if you fight and conquer and the whole Empire says, " Well done! "

见胜不过众人之所知,非善之善者也;战胜而天下曰善,非善之善者也。

Source: The Art of War

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