summit
英 ['sʌmɪt]
美['sʌmɪt]
- n. 顶点；最高级会议；最高阶层
- adj. 最高级的；政府首脑的
词态变化
复数: summits;
助记提示
1. sum‐总和，mit‐改变 (七国首脑会议).
英文词源
- summit
- summit: see sum
- summit (n.)
- c. 1400, "highest point, peak," from Middle French somete, from Old French somete "summit, top," diminutive of som, sum "highest part, top of a hill," from Latin summum, neuter of noun use of summus "highest," related to super "over" (see sum (n.)). The meaning "meeting of heads of state" (1950) is from Winston Churchill's metaphor of "a parley at the summit."
双语例句
- 1. Never before has a summit had such a crowded agenda.
- 以前从来没有一次峰会的日程排得这么满。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Military bandsmen played music from each country represented at the summit.
- 军乐队演奏了峰会中各与会国的音乐。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Egypt had agreed to a summit subject to certain conditions.
- 埃及有条件地同意了一项峰会主题。
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