詞匯精選:peak的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
adj.
最高的;最大值的
例句:
Women in that age group attempted drug-related suicide at a peak rate of 10.9% in October.
同一年齡段的婦女,與毒品有關的企圖自殺率在10月份達到最大值,占10.9%。
例句:
The way I see it, you're getting peak value for something that is going to eventually disappear.
在我看來,當你在追求某件事物的最大值時,它卻在慢慢地消失。
n.
頂峰,高峰;山峰 [C]
例句:
The mountaineers succeeded in climbing the north face of the mountain to the top peak.
登山隊員們成功地從這座山的北坡爬上了頂峰。
例句:
We have a precipitous climb to the peak.
我們向著陡峭山頂攀登。
頂點;尖端 [C]
例句:
Itinerant ranching reached its peak in the 1880s.
1880年代,巡回大牧場達到了頂點。
例句:
It is tempting to write this off as just another cyclical peak.
人們禁不住會認為,這不過是又一個周期性頂點。
帽舌;帽檐 [C]
例句:
He wore a black cap with the peak pulled down low over his eyes.
他帶一頂黑帽子,帽舌拉得低低的一直蓋到眼睛。
例句:
The man touched the peak of his cap.
那名男子摸了摸他的帽舌。
v.
(使)達到高峰,達到最高值 [I,T]
例句:
The crisis peaked in July 1974.
那場危機在1974年7月達到巔峰。
例句:
His career peaked during the 1970's.
他的事業(yè)在20世紀70年代達到頂峰。
消瘦;變憔悴 [I]
例句:
He began to peak and pine.
他日漸消瘦。
例句:
He began to peak and pine because of grief.
他因悲哀而日漸消瘦。
二、詞義辨析:
hill,mount,mountain,range,peak,volcano
這些名詞均含有“山”之意。 hill通常指小的土山、石山或淺丘。有時也指高山,復數(shù)表群山。 mount常用于地名之前, 即一般放在專用名詞前,書面用詞。 mountain通常指比hill高而陡的高山、山岳。但這種區(qū)別不是絕對的,“大”與“小”常常是相對而言。 range形成的山脈或嶺。 peak指山峰,也可指山頂。 volcano特指主要由噴出的熔巖和火山灰堆積而成的圓錐形火山。
三、相關短語:
mountain peak
山峰
peak season
旺季
widow's peak
n. 額頭的V型發(fā)尖
四、參考例句:
Primary school enrolment will peak this year.
今年小學入學人數(shù)將達到最高峰。
Identify your peak hour of productivity.
了解你的效率高峰時段。
Tourism?is at its peak in August.
八月是旅游高峰。
Traffic is very heavy at peak hours.
在高峰時間交通非常擁擠。
Leonids don't peak over your?longitude.
獅子座流星雨極大期不會在你的那個經(jīng)度出現(xiàn)。
The peak seems to touch the sky.
山峰似乎已觸及天空。
Many mountaineers have reached that mountain peak.
許多登山家都登上過那座大山的頂峰。
Tourism is at its peak in august.
八月是旅游高峰。
This is the peak time for dinner.
這是晚餐高峰時間。
He began to peak and pine.
他日漸消瘦。
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