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单词 zenith
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zenith
noun[Cusually singular]
uk
/ˈzen.ɪθ/us
/ˈziː.nɪθ/

zenithnoun[C usually singular](HIGHEST POINT)

astronomyspecialized
thehighestpointreachedby aheavenlybody(= anyobjectexistinginspace,especiallyaplanet, or thesun)as ittravelsaround, orappearstotravelaround, anotherbody:
Thesummersunwas atitszenith in acloudlesssky.
Thesunis well pastitszenith when wecrosspathswith a mini-flotilla.
astronomyspecialized
thepointin theskydirectlyabove you:
Thecentreof themapis the zenith (straightoverhead).
Apallofcloudmuffledthewholeexpanseofskyfrom zenith tohorizon.
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zenithnoun[C usually singular](MOST SUCCESSFUL POINT)

thebestor mostsuccessfulpointortime:
顶峰；鼎盛时期
In the 1860s, Tolstoy wasatthe zenithofhisachievement.1860年代，托尔斯泰处于创作巅峰时期。
Hiscareerreacheditszenith in the 1960s.他的事业在20世纪60年代达到巅峰。
Synonyms
apex(SUCCESS)figurative
peak(HIGHEST POINT)
pinnacle(SUCCESS)
thesummit
top(HIGHEST PART)
vertexspecialized
Opposite
nadir
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(Definition ofzenithfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
zenith
noun[Cusually singular]
uk
/ˈzen.ɪθ/us
/ˈzen.ɪθ/
thebestor mostsuccessfulpointortime
顶峰；鼎盛时期
In the 1860s, Tolstoy wasatthe zenithofhisachievement.1860年代，托尔斯泰处于创作巅峰时期。
Hiscareerreacheditszenith in the 1960s.他的事业在20世纪60年代达到巅峰。
Opposite
nadir

zenith| American Dictionary

zenith
noun[C]
us
/ˈzi·nəθ//ˈzen·əθ/
thebest,highest, or mostsuccessfulpointortime:
Theirpopularityreacheditszenith in the mid-1990s.
(Definition ofzenithfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofzenith

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The 1970s were the period when the generation of archaeologists educated in the 1960s reached thezenithof their creativity.
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At such points, the available light is contributed by a multitude of small openings in the canopy distributed over a wide range ofzenithangles.
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The discourse and discord came to itszenithwith the 1967 war.
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Three decades on from its creativezenith, so-called 'progressive' rock remains probably the most critically maligned and misunderstood genre in the history of rock music.
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The sun was then truly at itszenith.
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This underlying sense of unease, then, finally reached itszenithtowards the end of the 1970 courses.
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The process of extending social insurance coverage reached itszenithin the early 1980s, when roughly 70 per cent of the labour force was protected.
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It can be seen that thezenithof production was the period from 1796 to 1800.
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The rooflights exploit the fact that an overcast sky is three times as bright at thezenithas at the horizon, enabling less glazing for the same amount of light.
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The concept of the suburban life-cycle was implied by the work of the factorial ecologists in the 1960s and 1970s, when the quantitative revolution in geography reached itszenith.
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Older respondents commented on a pastzenith.
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The curves rise to attain maximum values at intermediatezenithangles and then decline as light is attenuated along increasingly lengthy light paths through the canopy.
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Hemispheric concordance was at itszenith.
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The boxer starts off, he soon reaches hiszenithand then starts to go downhill.
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It is also the end of a pernicious idea that has blighted this century—the idea that all-embracing state control represents thezenithof human progress.
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