ap·o·gee
noun/ˈæpədʒiː/
/ˈæpədʒiː/
[singular]- (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
一个在十二世纪达到顶峰的宗教团体
- a religious community that was at its apogee in the twelfth century
- (astronomy) 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
enlarge image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）
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French apogée or modern Latin apogaeum, from Greek apogaion (diastēma), ‘(distance) away from earth’, from apo ‘from’ + gaia, gē ‘earth’.