网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 high water mark
释义
high water mark
noun[Cusually singular]
uk
/ˌhaɪ ˈwɔː.tə ˌmɑːk/us
/ˌhaɪ ˈwɑː.t̬ɚ ˌmɑːrk/

high water marknoun[C usually singular](SEA/RIVER)

amarkthatshowsthehighestlevelthat theseaorriverreachesat aparticularplace
（海水或河水的）高水位线
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Floods, tides & currents
  • current
  • eddy
  • flash flood
  • flood
  • flooded
  • floodplain
  • gyre
  • high tide
  • inundation
  • longshore drift
  • low-water mark
  • overwhelm
  • tidal
  • tidally
  • tide table
  • tidemark
  • turbulence
  • turbulent
  • water
  • waterline
See more results »

high water marknoun[C usually singular](SUCCESSFUL POINT)

the mostsuccessfulpointof something:
顶峰，巅峰，全盛时期
His 1991electionvictorywasprobablythe highwatermarkofhispopularity.他1991年成功当选很可能是他个人声望的顶峰。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Higher and lower points of achievement
  • apex
  • apogee
  • capstone
  • climax
  • fulfilment
  • glory days
  • heyday
  • high point
  • high tide
  • Indian summer
  • peak
  • pinnacle
  • plumb
  • plumb the depthsidiom
  • prime
  • rock bottom
  • slow burner
  • summit
  • the acme
  • zenith
See more results »
(Definition ofhigh water markfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhigh water mark

high water mark
When do they anticipate that thehighwatermarkof their demands will be reached?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This month should have been in a real sense thehighwatermarkof the motorway system.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It will draw thehighwatermarkat a level below which we shall not be able to argue.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The controlled waters for dumping purposes will be regarded as bounded on the landward side byhighwatermark.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Of course, 27 members may not be thehighwatermarkof enlargement.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
In some cases the international boundary is on thehighwatermarkon the other side of the inlet.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We all know what the ordinaryhighwatermarkof an ordinary tide is; but who is to say what the ordinary spring tide is?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It was not by any means thehighwatermarkof our demands here for 40 or 50 years.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Of course there is the possibility that some wreck might be involved in a storm and tossed above thehighwatermark.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It would provide the maximum area of water within the engineering constraints and would be broadly equivalent to meanhighwatermark.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I wish to make it clear that there is absolutely no intention of having a marine nature reserve above thehighwatermark.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The draftsman was so correct that he forgot the problem of flooding, which could stretch beyond the conventionalhighwatermark.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We may have to extend belowhighwatermarka big slipway, or something of that sort.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The measure is ahighwatermarkin education since 1944.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The move to political integration has reached itshighwatermark.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/high-water-mark##
随便看

　

英汉词典包含213609条英汉翻译词条，涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法，是英语学习的必备工具。

　

Copyright © 1999-2024 qbania.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2025/2/5 20:59:46