名詞 apogee:

1. a final climactic stage
   同義詞：culmination
2. apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth

ap.o.gee

n.（名詞）

The point in the orbit of the moon or of an artificial satellite most distant from the center of the earth.
遠地點：月球或人造衛(wèi)星軌道上離地球中心最遠的點
The point in an orbit most distant from the body being orbited.
最遠點：軌道上距被繞行天體最遠的一點
The farthest or highest point; the apex:
最遠點，最高點；頂峰：
例句：
.The golden age of American sail, which began with the fast clipper ships in 848, reached its apogee in the Gold Rush years.(Los Angeles Times)
.美國航海的黃金時代，開始于848年的快速帆船航行，在淘金熱的年代里達到了頂峰.(洛杉磯時報)

來源：
French apogée
法語 apogée
from New Latin apogaeum
源自 現(xiàn)代拉丁語 apogaeum
from Greek apogaion [from neuter of] apogaios [far from the earth]
源自 希臘語 apogaion [] 源自apogaios的中性詞 [遠離地球]
apo- [apo-]
apo- [前綴，表示.離開.，.遠離.]
gaia [earth]
gaia [地球]

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