peak /piːk/ CET4 TEM4 ( peaking, peaked, peaks )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT The peak of a process or an activity is the point at which it is at its strongest, most successful, or most fully developed. (过程、活动的) 顶峰

  例：

  The firm has slashed its workforce from a peak of 150,000 in 2000.

  2000年那家公司把其员工从15万峰值进行了大幅裁减。

  例：

  ...a flourishing career that was at its peak at the time of his death.

  …在他去世时处于鼎盛时期的兴旺事业。

• 2. 

  V-I When something peaks, it reaches its highest value or its highest level. 达到峰值

  例：

  Temperatures have peaked at over 90 degrees.

  温度已达到峰值，超过了90度。

• 3. 

  ADJ The peak level or value of something is its highest level or value. 峰值的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  Today's price is 59% lower than the peak level of $1.5 million.

  今天的价格比150万美元的峰值水平低了59%。

• 4. 

  ADJ Peak times are the times when there is most demand for something or most use of something. 高峰的 (时期) [ADJ n]

  例：

  It's always crowded at peak times.

  在高峰期总是很拥挤。

• 5. 

  N-COUNT A peak is a mountain or the top of a mountain. 山峰

  例：

  ...the snow-covered peaks.

  …白雪覆盖的山峰。

• 6. 

  N-COUNT The peak of a cap is the part at the front that sticks out over your eyes. 帽檐 [英国英语]

  例：

  His eyes were shaded by the peak of his cap.

  他的眼睛被帽檐遮住。