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单词 high-water mark
释义

high-water mark

noun

: highest point : peak

Synonyms

  • acme
  • apex
  • apogee
  • capstone
  • climax
  • crescendo
  • crest
  • crown
  • culmination
  • head
  • height
  • high noon
  • meridian
  • ne plus ultra
  • noon
  • noontime
  • peak
  • pinnacle
  • sum
  • summit
  • tip-top
  • top
  • zenith
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The timing of the meeting was less important than the purpose: To begin the arduous process of unpacking and learning from a season that was supposed to be a generational high-water mark for IU football but turned into a disaster. Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Aug. 2022 The Lucid's result is a new high-water mark for our highway range test, the first EV to get into the 400s. Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 18 July 2022 The company's previous high-water mark from Vandenberg was six launches, in 2018. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 19 Aug. 2022 Another Cannes party high-water mark, according to festival regulars, was the 1998 Velvet Goldmine fete held in a crumbling chateau on the edge of a cliff. Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 May 2022 The high-water mark was in 1995, when the House passed the measure and pro-amendment senators led by Mr. Hatch came within one vote of prevailing. Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2022 The previous high-water mark for the program was No. 2 in the poll (which is reached the week prior, as well as during the 1999-2000 season). Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 9 Feb. 2022 The high-water mark represented almost double the incoming volumes at the same point last year. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 14 July 2022 Before Ealey’s win with a first-throw distance of 67 feet, 2¾ inches, a U.S. woman had never even claimed silver, the previous high-water mark a trio of bronzes. Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1691, in the meaning defined above

high-water mark

noun

as in pinnacle
the highest part or point he hit the high-water mark of his acting career when he played Tiny Tim in a school play

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • pinnacle
  • top
  • zenith
  • height
  • culmination
  • peak
  • high noon
  • apex
  • climax
  • sum
  • summit
  • crown
  • capstone
  • crest
  • meridian
  • noon
  • ne plus ultra
  • highlight
  • apogee
  • crescendo
  • acme
  • noontime
  • flood tide
  • tip-top
  • prime
  • head
  • high
  • glory
  • flower
  • extreme
  • roof
  • ceiling
  • bloom
  • blossom
  • cap
  • heyday
  • extremity
  • tip
  • vertex
  • highspot

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • bottom
  • rock bottom
  • base
  • foot
  • minimum
  • abyss
  • nadir
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