top

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adj.（位置、级别或程度）*高的，极棒的；

n.顶（端），表面，*高地位/职位，首位，第一，尽头，帽，盖，塞，上衣，茎叶，陀螺；

v.超过，胜过，居…之首，覆盖；

复数：tops;

第三人称单数：tops;

过去式：topped;

过去分词：topped;

现在分词：topping;

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Today’s cross-country event marks his return to top-level racing.今天的越野赛标志着他重返*高水平的比赛。

She had to stand on tiptoe to reach the top shelf.她得踮起脚尖才能够到顶层的架子。

With two top players absent, our City Football Team still walked away with the game.在两名主力队员缺席的情况下, 我们的市足球队仍轻易地获得了这场比赛的胜利。

The top teams in each group will play off seven games against each other.各组的优胜者还要相互比赛七次。

Gale winds came on top of the floods.大风紧接着洪水袭来。

He lost his job and on top of that his wife left him.他失业了, 不仅如此, 他妻子也离开了他。

Put this book on top of the others.把这本书放在其他书的上边。

The company will have to expand if it wants to stay on top.这家公司如果想保持地位就必须发展。

The red book is on top and the black one underneath.红皮书在上, 黑皮书在下。

Changes in top management of the company had been in the wind for weeks.公司高层管理人员的人事变动已进行了好几个星期。

英语六级真题

They came up with a brand-new set of design proceduresThey made originality a top priority in their fashion design.

Many schools don't place academic competitions at the top of their priority list.

After the high-pressure Countdown round at this year's national MathCounts competition, in which the top 12 students went head to head solving complex problems in rapid fire, the finalists for the Math Video Challenge took the stage to show their videos.

Get a teacher from the top 20%, and it's as if a child has gone to school for an extra month or two.

As U.S.banks recovered with the help of the American government and the American taxpayer, president Obama held meetings with top bank executives, telling them it’s time to return the favor.

Perhaps the reason why so many universities offer their students so little is they know studying at a top university remains a brilliant investment even if you don't learn anything.

Many top firms will not even look at applications from those who lack a 2.1

The legend says that when seven girls were attacked by bears, they took refuge on top of a small rock, and they appealed to the Rock God for help.

In 2000, the top five causes of death for centenarians were heart disease, stroke, flu, cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease.

Some top institutions like Yale seem to provide first-generation students with more support than they actually need.

Our support structure was more like: ‘You are going to get through Yale; you are going to do well,' he said, hinting at mentors ( ' , 导师 ), staff, and professors who all provided significant support for students who lacked confidence about belonging at such a top institution.

On top of the tragic loss of life, the accident in California will cast a long shadow over the future of space tourism, even before it has properly begun.

Britains who pass their A levels may still not qualify for a top university at home, but find American universities far more welcoming.

Look at any global survey of gender equality and Sweden will be near the top.

Swedish economists Magnus Henrekson and Mikael Stenkula addressed the following question in their 2009study:why are there so few female top executives in the European egalitarian(平等主义的)welfare states

A woman holds the top spot at the International Monetary Fund; another won the Nobel Prize in economics.

Does this suggest that a woman in a nation's top office translates to better lives for women in general

What does Anne-Marie Goetz think of a woman being in a nation's top office?

Each burning season in the Amazon, fires deliberately set by frontier settlers and developers hurl up almost half a billion metric tons of carbon a year, placing Brazil among the top five contributors to greenhouse gases in the world.

What makes Brazil one of the world's top five contributors to greenhouse gases

A recent Chinese survey ranks 35 American universities among the top 50, eight among the top 10.

Spread their influence among top research institutions.

In 2007 the University of Wisconsin-Madison – one of the top five or so prestigious public universities – graduated 81% of its white students within six years, but only 56% of its blacks.

Middlebury College in Vermont, another top school, had a 19-point gap in 2007 and a 22-point gap in

By capping her grades at 94 while most other teachers grade on a scale that tops out at 100, your teacher could jeopardize a student's chance of getting a scholarship or getting into a top college.

Only top art students can show their works in the gallery.

When you reach your top height, do light activities rather than sleep too much.

"Our support structure was more like: ‘ You are going to get through Yale; you are going to do well, '" he said, hinting at mentors, staff, and professors who all provided significant support for students who lacked confidence about " belonging" at such a

According to a 2012 survey described in The Atlantic, college reputation ranked lowest in relative importance of attributes in evaluating graduates for hire, beaten out by top factors like internships, employment during college, college major, volunteer e

After the high-pressure Countdown round at this year's national Math Counts competition, in which the top 12 students went head to head solving complex problems in rapid fire, the finalists for the Math video Challenge took the stage to show their videos.

And then they put some bacon in the fat, broke an egg over the top, and put the whole lot in the oven for about ten minutes.

As marketing professors Silvia Bellezza, Neeru Paharia, and Anat Keinan recently explained in Hazard Business Review HBR, leisure time was once seen as an indicator of high social status, something attainable only for those at the top.

But their top safety concerns are emissions and wireless radio waves.

Every summer when I top up my selection of summer outfits from the department stores, my eyes would nearly pop out of my head.

It didn't have to be the Ivy League, but it needed to be a "top school".

Joseph's top priority became getting his hands on enough grass-fed milk to keep customers satisfied, since his own 64-cow herd wasn't going to suffice.

Many top firms will not even look at applications from those who lack a 2.1, i.e., an upper-second class degree, from an elite university.

But on top of that, Merian, a German-born woman who lived in the Netherlands, also managed a successful career as an artist, botanist, naturalist and entomologist.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

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顶;顶端;顶部

The top of something is its highest point or part.

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ADJ

*高的;*上面的;*上层的

The top thing or layer in a series of things or layers is the highest one.

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N-COUNT

(瓶、罐、管等的)盖，帽，塞

The top of something such as a bottle, jar, or tube is a cap, lid, or other device that fits or screws onto one end of it.

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N-SING

另一端;另一头

The top of a street, garden, bed, or table is the end of it that is farthest away from where you usually enter it or from where you are.

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N-COUNT

上衣

A top is a piece of clothing that you wear on the upper half of your body, for example a blouse or shirt.

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ADJ

*高(级别或量度)的

You can use top to indicate that something or someone is at the highest level of a scale or measurement.

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ADJ

*优良的

You can use top to say that you think something is excellent.

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N-SING

*高层;*高地位(或职位)

The top of an organization or career structure is the highest level in it.

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ADJ

*重要的;*著名的

You can use top to describe the most important or famous people or things in a particular area of work or activity.

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N-SING

（排名）首位;（位居）第一

If someone is at the top of a table or league or is the top of the table or league, their performance is better than that of all the other people involved.

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ADJ

*要紧的;*优先的

You can use top to indicate that something is the first thing you are going to do, because you consider it to be the most important.

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ADJ

次数*多的

You can use top to indicate that someone does a particular thing more times than anyone else or that something is chosen more times than anything else.

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VERB

为…之首;居…之冠

To top a list means to be mentioned or chosen more times than anyone or anything else.

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VERB

高过；超过；多于

If something tops a particular amount, it is larger than that amount.

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覆盖;放在…的上面

If something is topped with something, it has that thing as its highest part.

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VERB

胜过;压倒

If you top a story, remark, or action, you follow it with a better or more impressive one.

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ADV

至多;*多

You can use tops after mentioning a quantity, to say that it is the maximum possible.

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PHRASE

绝好;*出色;无可匹敌

If you say that something is tops or is the tops, you mean that it is better or more successful than anything else.

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大发脾气;勃然大怒

If someone blows their top, they become very angry about something.

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出人头地;拔得头筹;占得上风

If a person, organization, or country comes out on top, they are more successful than the others that they have been competing with.

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PHRASE

*高价格

If someone pays top dollar for something, they pay the highest possible price for it.

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PHRASE

从上到下;彻底地

If you say that you clean, tidy, or examine something from top to bottom, you are emphasizing that you do it completely and thoroughly.

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PHRASE

从头到脚;全身;完全

You can use from top to toe to emphasize that the whole of someone's body is covered or dressed in a particular thing or type of clothing.

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PHRASE

使愁苦；使沮丧

When something gets on top of you, it makes you feel unhappy or depressed because it is very difficult or worrying, or because it involves more work than you can manage.

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不加思索地;来不及思索地

If you say something off the top of your head, you say it without thinking about it much before you speak, especially because you do not have enough time.

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在上面;在顶上

If one thing is on top of another, it is placed over it or on its highest part.

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PHRASE

另外;加之;除…之外(还)

You can use on top or on top of to indicate that a particular problem exists in addition to a number of other problems.

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PHRASE

处于*高职位

You say that someone is on top when they have reached the most important position in an organization or business.

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完全控制;完全掌握

If you are on top of or get on top of something that you are doing, you are dealing with it successfully.

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PHRASE

非常幸福;心满意足

If you say that you feel on top of the world, you are emphasizing that you feel extremely happy and healthy.

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PHRASE

盖上

If one thing is over the top of another, it is placed over it so that it is completely covering it.

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PHRASE

夸张的;言过其实的

You describe something as over the top when you think that it is exaggerated, and therefore unacceptable.

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除去…的两端

If you top and tail fruit or vegetables such as French beans, you cut off the tops and the bottoms of them when you are preparing them to be eaten.

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(某行业中的)*高地位;事业的*高峰

If you say that someone is at the top of the tree, you mean that they have reached the highest level in their career or profession.

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PHRASE

声嘶力竭地;极大声地

If you say something at the top of your voice, you say it very loudly.

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英汉词典释义

n.

顶, 顶部

上部, 上端

首位, *高位, 精华；(职业等的)*高地位，居领袖地位的人，身居要职的人，首脑；*重要的人；*优秀的人

(箱子)盖，顶盖；(车辆的)敞篷，车篷；车盖

陀螺

(书页等的)上栏；书顶

(新闻广播、报刊等中的)头条位置

(乐曲等的)起头，开端

adj.

顶的，顶上的，*上面的；*高的, *优良的

头等的；*大的；第一流的

主要的；*重要的；第一位的

vt.

给…加顶; 给…盖盖子

达到…的顶端

超过；胜过； 高过；升到…之上；高于

领导，率领；作为…的首领

上升到…的顶点，到达…的顶部；高达

截去(植物)顶端；为…打尖

vi.

高耸

超越；高出

结束，完成，完结

英英词典释义

Noun

1. the upper part of anything;

2. the highest or uppermost side of anything;

3. the top point of a mountain or hill;

4. the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat;

5. the highest level or degree attainable;

6. the greatest possible intensity;

7. platform surrounding the head of a lower mast

8. a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin;

9. covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container);

10. a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips;

11. a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance;

Verb

1. go beyond;

2. pass by, over, or under without making contact;

3. be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point;

4. be ahead of others; be the first;

5. provide with a top;

6. reach or ascend the top of;

7. strike (the top part of a ball in golf, baseball, or pool) giving it a forward spin

8. cut the top off;

9. be the culminating event;

10. finish up or conclude;

Adjective

1. situated at the top or highest position;

2. not to be surpassed;

行业词典

体育： 顶峰；

力学： 陀螺；

土木工程： 逆筑法；top-down construction method；

物理学： 陀螺；