high-water mark

美 [ˌhaɪ ˈwɔːtər mɑːrk]英 [ˌhaɪ ˈwɔːtə mɑːk]
  • n.高水位线(海水或洪水所达到的最高水位)
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noun

高水位线(海水或洪水所达到的最高水位)
a line or mark showing the highest point that the sea or floodwater has reached

the high-water mark of Parisian fashion (= the most successful time)

巴黎时装最流行的时期

compare low-water mark

high-water mark

频次

  • 1
    N-SING 高水位线;高潮线
    The high-water mark is the level reached in a particular place by the sea at high tide or by a river in flood.

  • 2
    N-SING (成就的)最高点,最高峰
    The high-water mark of a process is its highest or most successful stage of achievement.

    This was almost certainly the high-water mark of her career...

    这几乎肯定是她事业的巅峰。

noun

1
a line marking the highest level reached

数据来源:WordNet

  1. Nineteen eighty-two was probably the high-water mark both of the fascination and the frustration with literary theory in this country .

    1982可能是国内文学理论的,魅力和挫折的,高水位线。

  2. This was almost certainly the high-water mark of her career

    这几乎肯定是她事业的巅峰。

  3. Think of a computer game as the high-water mark for interaction .

    想一想交互性最强的电脑游戏。

  4. A future RTSJ version may provide an API to provide the high-water mark .

    未来的RTSJ版本可能提供API以便提供最高使用标记。

  5. The second quarter is likely to be a high-water mark for the year , economists said .

    第二季很可能是一个高水位的增长,但是经济学家说。

  6. Maximum connections in use : The high-water mark of connections in the pool being in use .

    最大使用连接数:池中正在使用的连接的上限标记。

  7. HWM Used ( KB ): High-water mark , or peak , memory that the consumer has used .

    HWMUsed(KB):该消耗者曾使用的内存的高水位标记或峰值。

  8. Its debris settled on the field , high up the valley , that was the tsunami 's high-water mark .

    废墟散布在地上,提升了地势,这就是海啸水墙过后留下的痕迹。

  9. And I like university professors , but you know , we shouldn 't hold them up as the high-water mark of all human achievement .

    我倾慕大学教授的学识,但我们不应该用这样一个头衔作为衡量一个人成功与否的分水岭。

  10. At around $ 79 , Alibaba 's shares are still a long way from the $ 119 high-water mark they hit after the I.P.O.

    阿里巴巴目前股价约为每股79美元,相较公开发行后曾高达每股119美元的历史价位,还有很长的一段距离。

  11. Updates move through it , and the high-water mark of how much storage you are using depends on how long the recipient has been off-line .

    至于你需要多大的存贮空间,完全取决于数据接收方离线时间的长短。

  12. So this is the high-water mark of human endurance , human endeavor , human athletic achievement in arguably the harshest climate on Earth .

    这是人类耐力顶峰,人们共同努力的结晶。人类极限运动的巅峰。况且,四目所及,天寒地坼。

  13. This assumption in turn rests on three beliefs : that the recent past was a glorious and irreplaceable high-water mark of intellectual attainment ;

    这种主张基于三点假设:一是在不久的过去,我们取得了辉煌而不可替代的高水平文化成就;

  14. Frustrating no doubt , since her Hot 100 high-water mark came in 2009 , when " Party In The U.S.A. " peaked at number two .

    没有悬念,自从她在2009年以高水平打榜,那时她的一曲《美国派对》达到第二名的顶峰。

  15. Her spirits were always at high-water mark , her tongue always going & singing , laughing , and plaguing everybody who would not do the same .

    她总是兴高采烈,舌头动个不停&唱呀,笑呀,谁不附和着她,就纠缠不休,真是个又野又坏的小姑娘。

  16. At current projections , Bank financing for education in the latest financial year is on track to reach approximately $ 4.4 billion , which would represent another high-water mark for the institution .

    从当前预测结果看,本财年世行教育融资将稳步增加,达到44亿美元左右,表明世行教育融资将再创新高。

  17. In that case , I may have bitten off more than I can chew , especially as we zoom toward Christmas , the high-water mark of the Chinese sales year .

    那样的话,我就得吃不了兜着走,特别是圣诞节很快就到了,这可是一年中中国产品大行其道的时候。

  18. By comparison , it took around two years and two months for Sony to ship about 30 million PlayStation 2s - the previous high-water mark for Sony in the game business .

    与之相对照,此前索尼花了两年另两个月时间,才售出了3000万台PlayStation2S——而那是索尼在游戏行业内的上一次高峰。

  19. Since that high-water mark , Cave has released seven studio albums , appeared in three films , written two produced screenplays and published a second novel , " The Death of Bunny Munro " ;

    在这次高峰之后,凯夫又发行了七张录音室专辑,在三部电影中露面,写了两个已被搬上银幕的电影剧本,出版了第二部小说《巴尼·芒罗之死》(TheDeathofBunnyMunro);

  20. In accordance with these technical barrier , the experiment selected 4 super casuarina equisetifolia clone and 3 shrubs with good sand-fixation and wind belt effect , 5 grasses that are suitable for the place from high-water mark to the tree belt front .

    营造乔、灌、草综合治沙试验模式示范林,并筛选出防风固沙效果好的4个木麻黄优良无性系,3个灌木和5个适于林带前沿至高潮线沙带种植的草本植物;