5the height of somethingMOSTthe busiest or most extreme part of a period or activity 某事物最繁忙的时候[季节];某事物的高潮[顶点]SYN peak
the height of the tourist season
旅游旺季的高峰期
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the height of something• As the height ofsummer passes, the method must change again.• Such is Wotan, who raises up his favourites, only to cast them down at the height of their glory.• He was in his mid-fifties, at the height of his skills and powers, and he went back to the plant.• He decided to kill of the beloved character while still at the height of his popularity.• The defensebudget is higher than it was at the height of the Cold War.• At the height of his career his whole estate, including his patrimony, was probably worth rather more than £1,300 a year.• At the height of the crisis, Johnson had been besieged by liberalcritics.• We wanted to avoidthe height of the touristseason.• What's excessive or disgusting to a vicar's wife may be the height ofpleasure to a pop star's.• This answer reaches the height of absurdity.
6be at the height of your success/fame/powers etcBESTto be more successful, famous etc than at any other time 处于成功/名声/权力等的巅峰
The Beatles were at the height of their fame.
当时正是披头士乐队最出名的时候。
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be at the height of your success/fame/powers etc• By the 1860's, when he was at the height of his fame, tragedystruck as he took increasingly to drink.• However, in 1985 he was at the height of his fame as a novelist.• Outwardly, the Cowboysappear to be at the height of their powers.
7be the height of fashion/stupidity/luxury etcVERYto be extremely fashionable, stupid etc 是最时髦的/愚蠢的/奢侈的等
Flared trousers were considered to be the height of fashion in those days.
喇叭裤那时被认为是最时髦的服装。
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be the height of fashion/stupidity/luxury etc• All these artists were the height of fashion in the middle years of the 19C.• The stunningluminous display and thickly padded, genuineleatherwristbandare the height of fashion in any setting.
gain/lose height• The control column was easedforward to maintainspeed and the aircraft began to lose height.• With sixty-seven miles to run he needed to lose height at nearly three thousand feet a minute.• This helped them to gain height and get power when heading the ball.• Vampiresrose into the air, trying to gain height, kicking at clutching hands.