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sum·mit /ˈsʌmɪt/ noun [countableC]

1 PGan important meeting or set of meetings between the leaders of several governments 首腦會議，最高級會議，峰會

the European summit

歐洲首腦會議

The two presidents agreed to hold a summit in the spring.

兩位總統商定在春天舉行一次首腦會議。

a five-nation summit meeting

五國峰會

► see thesaurus at meeting

2 DNSGthe top of a mountain 山頂 → peak

summit of

Many people have now reached the summit of Mount Everest.

現在已有很多人成功登頂珠穆朗瑪峰。

3 the summit of something formalHIGH POSITION OR RANK the greatest amount or highest level of something 某事物的頂峰，某事物的極點 SYN peak

His election as president represented the summit of his career.

他當選總統意味着他到達了事業的頂峰。

Examples from the Corpus

the summit of something• The border line between the two states runs across the summit of Elbrus.• The sun was just catching the summit of the opposite hillside, making a corona of light over the towering cypresses.• I rate the summit of Sgurr nan Gillean as the finest in my experience.• For every five people who have reached the summit of Everest, one has died.• Curve round west to post 23 and then head to the summit of Lord's Seat.• What did it feel like when you finally made it to the summit of Everest?• Continue west to the summit of Carnedd Dafydd.• Working with her was the summit of my life's experience.• If he had chosen to confide in anyone then he could not have said clearly what was the summit of his aspiration.

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summit• NATO leaders are preparing for a summit conference to decide the future of the alliance.• A summit meeting of OPEC leaders was called to find a solution to the oil crisis.• At the moment the annual summit is little more than an expensive talking shop.• In the distance we could see the snow-covered summit of Mount Kilimanjaro.• The President will meet other Pacific Rim leaders at next week's economic summit.• a national education summit• The Helsinki summit, arranged at very short notice, dealt almost exclusively with the specific issue of a major regional conflict.• The world's first internet summit has been cancelled because of lack of interest.• The White House announced that some commitments from the private sector already have been made as part of summit preparations.• A U.S.-Russia summit is expected to take place in late March.• a U.S.-Russian summit• It took the climbers four hours to reach the summit.• Climber assistant editor Tom Prentice and leader Keith Milne reached the summit of the 6,904m mountain after 13 days.• The sun was going down and it was in a warm twilight that they reached the summit of their climb.• Four Dopplemayr chairlifts take you up from the hotel at 2,000m to the summit at 3,000m.• Go north along the lower edge of the fence, around the hillside and up the main path north-east to the summit.• We took a small train to the summit of Pike's Peak.• a trip to the summit of Pike's Peak

hold ... summit• He said he hoped that the two countries would strengthen relations and hold a summit meeting at least once a year.

From Longman Business Dictionary

summitsum·mit /ˈsʌmɪt/ noun [countableC]

an important meeting or set of meetings between the leaders of several governments

The two presidents agreed to hold a summit in the spring.

Origin summit

(1300-1400) Old French somete, from sum “top”, from Latin summum, from summus; → SUM1

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