apogee

noun
🔊/ˈæpədʒiː/
🔊/ˈæpədʒiː/
[singular]
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  1. (formal) the highest point of something, where it is greatest or most successful顶峰;顶点;最高点
    • a religious community that was at its apogee in the twelfth century十二世纪末期的宗教团体
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  2. (astronomy天文学) the point in the orbit of the moon, a planet or other object in space when it is furthest from the planet, for example the earth, around which it turns 远地点(绕地运动的天体在轨道上离地球或其他行星的最远点)compare perigee
  3. Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French apogée or modern Latin apogaeum, from Greek apogaion (diastēma), ‘(distance) away from earth’, from apo ‘from’ + gaia, ‘earth’.