新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

peak

英  [piːk]
    

[ADJ, NOUN, VERB]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1峰值的

    The peak level or value of something is its highest level or value.

    双语例句

    例:

    Today's price is 59 lower than the peak level of $1.5 million.

    今天的价格比150万美元的峰值水平低了59。

    2高峰的(时期)

    Peak times are the times when there is most demand for something or most use of something.

    双语例句

    例:

    It's always crowded at peak times.

    在高峰期总是很拥挤。

    NOUN. 名词
  • peaks

    1[C 可数名词] (过程、活动的)顶峰

    The peak of a process or an activity is the point at which it is at its strongest, most successful, or most fully developed.

    近义词

    prime , high point

    反义词

    low point , trough

    双语例句

    例:

    The firm has slashed its workforce from a peak of 150,000 in 2000.

    2000年那家公司在其员工数量达到15万的峰值时进行了大幅裁减。

    例:

    a flourishing career that was at its peak at the time of his death.

    在他去世时处于鼎盛时期的兴旺事业。

    例:

    The party's membership has fallen from a peak of fifty thousand.

    该党的党员人数已从5万的峰值上下降了。

    例:

    At the peak of the boom in 2000, revenues were $27.9 billion.

    在2000年繁荣顶峰时,收入为279亿美元。

    2[C 可数名词] 山峰

    A peak is a mountain or the top of a mountain.

    双语例句

    例:

    the snow-covered peaks.

    白雪覆盖的山峰。

    VERB. 动词
  • peaks , peaking , peaked

    1[I 不及物动词] 达到峰值 , 达到顶峰

    When something peaks, it reaches its highest value or its highest level.

    双语例句

    例:

    Temperatures have peaked at over 90 degrees.

    温度已达到峰值,超过了90度。

    例:

    The crisis peaked in July 2008.

    该危机在2008年7月达到巅峰。

    例:

    His career peaked during the 1990's.

    他的事业在1990年代达到顶峰。