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词汇 acme
释义 the acme
noun[ S ]
 literaryuk /ˈæk.mi/ us /ˈæk.mi/
the best or most perfect thing that can exist or be achieved: 顶峰,顶点
To act on this world-famous stage is surely the acme of any actor's career.毋庸置疑,一个演员能在这个举世闻名的舞台上演出,就是登上了事业的巅峰。
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acme
noun[ U ]
us/ˈæk·mi/
the highest point of achievement:
Chaplin’s "City Lights" marked the acme of his filmmaking career.

Examples of the acme


the acme
The periodical is, surely, the acme of heteroglossia.
The acme is most probably related to a sea-level drop which caused the development of lagoonal or restricted marine environments.
We had a building boom last year, and that boom would have reached its acme this year.
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It is not the acme of comfort, but it has been most tastefully decorated and the standard of productions there is simply marvellous.
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I think that represents the acme of cynical frivolity and irresponsibility.
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It is the acme of absurdity applied to country districts.
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He was the very perfection and acme of caution.
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It is the acme of appalling loony left councils.
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Such a view seems to me to be the acme of gullibility.
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By that time, the deterrent may well reach its acme and reap its final reward.
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Surely that is the acme of political rectitude.
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I said in the last debate that if ever there was ineptness in handling an industrial dispute this was the acme of ineptness.
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That is the absolute acme of all parliamentary arrangements that have taken place over the century.
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I am not pretending that it is the acme of economic perfection.
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I go to football now and again but there are people for whom it as the acme of opportunity to attend football.
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