c. 1600, from Latin apex "summit, peak, tip, top, extreme end;" probably related to apere "to fasten, fix," hence "the tip of anything" (one of the meanings in Latin was "small rod at the top of the flamen's cap"), from PIE *ap- "to take, reach." Proper plural is apices.
雙語例句
1. At the apex of the party was its central committee.
該黨的最高權(quán)力機構(gòu)是中央委員會。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The apex of the flames licked the crimson sky.
火焰的舌尖舔卷著緋紅色的天空。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The Apex fare is ￡195 return.
優(yōu)惠往返機票價格為195英鎊。
來自柯林斯例句
4. He reached the apex of power in the early 1930 s.
他在三十年代初達到了權(quán)力的頂峰.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. Spring was the real apex of the year; summer was bathos.