apogee
noun /ˈæpədʒiː/
/ˈæpədʒiː/
[singular]- (formal) the highest point of something, where it is greatest or most successful
顶峰；顶点；最高点 - a religious community that was at its apogee in the twelfth century
十二世纪处于鼎盛时期的宗教团体
- a religious community that was at its apogee in the twelfth century
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天文学 远地点（绕地运动的天体在轨道上离地球或其他行星的最远点）
词源late 16th cent.: from French apogée or modern Latin apogaeum, from Greek apogaion (diastēma), ‘(distance) away from earth’, from apo ‘from’ + gaia, gē ‘earth’.