She advised his parents to use a special device called a peak flow meter.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

We had a similar, even higher price-to-earnings ratio of about forty-six at the peak in 2000 and it corrected way down.

000年时我们的市盈率甚至更高,达到了46,后来经过修正降低了

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

A much smaller peak, a much less rapid decline after the peak occurs.

一个较低的峰值,最大值出现后下降速度也较慢

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Geithner says the typical pattern of an economic turnaround dictates that only when businesses start to hire again will there be a peak in unemployment.

VOA: standard.2009.04.05

Research suggests that there is a fair bit of redundancy in the brain, you can lose portions of the brain and still have a perfectly functioning, peak functioning person.

有研究显示,大脑中有些部分是没用的,即使失去大脑的某些部分,你还是可以正常生活，还是非常正常的人。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

As the conference opened Sunday with a session on gender issues, Namibian lawmaker Nora Schimming-Chase said the number of women delegates has steadily declined since hitting a peak four years ago.

VOA: standard.2009.04.05

When they're through and had reached their peak, their notion of monarchy is something fit for barbarians, but not for Greeks. A free man may not live under a monarchy, and the roots of that, I think, are visible in Homer.

当他们赢得竞争,到达权利的顶峰时,他们所谓的君主制其实更适合于异邦人,而不是希腊人,君主统治下不存在自由人,这个想法的根源可以在《荷马史诗》中找到

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Anti-government militia activity in the U.S.reached a peak in the early 1990s following a clash between law enforcement agencies and an armed religious group in Waco,Texas that left more than 70 people dead.

VOA: standard.2009.08.17

We've talked about the peak experience I have spent a lot of time in New York City, and even in the small park down the way I can watch and look at a tree.

我们说过我在大峡谷,我常常去，But，we，almost…,纽约，即使在顺路的小公园里,我也可以观赏一棵树。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

A statement noted that while food prices have decreased from their peak last year, they remain high in historical terms.

VOA: special.2009.07.11

The peak occurs a little bit later and then there's a less rapid decline here, and then blood sugar actually ends up a little above this initial level, and therefore you're less likely to eat because you're less hungry.

峰值出现得比较晚,下降也较为缓慢,最后血糖结束在比起始值稍高的位置,因此人就没有那么想进食 因为不感觉饿

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Peak blooming, when the trees are in full flower, may be delayed a little this spring.

VOA: special.2010.03.16

A lot of us might feel that a life like this, where we peak but then we stick around-- ... you know, isn't-- can at least fail to be as desirable in which we end with a bang.

很多人可能觉得生命是这样的，我们先到达巅峰然后下跌-,不是-,它无法令人满意地,让我们突然死去。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Peak blooming, when the trees are in full flower, may be delayed a little.

VOA: special.2010.02.23

At its peak in the 1970s, Reader's Digest boasted a circulation of 17 million in the United States alone, and its international editions sold millions more copies in many languages.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

Aircraft consultant Richard Aboulafia says while air travel appears to be making a comeback, demand for first class tickets remains sluggish and airline revenues are well below 2008 peak levels.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30