top
adj. (位置、级别或程度)最高的; 极棒的
n. 顶(端),表面; 最高地位/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
The top of something is its highest point or part.
I waited at the top of the stairs.
我在楼梯顶端等着。
...the picture at the top of the page...
书页天头的图片
The top thing or layer in a series of things or layers is the highest one.
I can't reach the top shelf...
我够不着最上面的架子。
Our new flat was on the top floor...
我们的新公寓在顶层。
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.
...the plastic tops from aerosol containers.
喷雾剂容器的塑料盖子
...a bottle top.
瓶塞
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.
...a little shop at the top of the street...
在街道那头的小店
He moved to the empty chair at the top of the table.
他挪到桌子另一端的空椅子上坐下。
A top is a piece of clothing that you wear on the upper half of your body, for example a blouse or shirt.
Look at my new top.
看看我的新上衣。
You can use top to indicate that something or someone is at the highest level of a scale or measurement.
The vehicles have a top speed of 80 kilometres per hour.
这些车辆最高时速为 80 公里。
...a top-ranking Saudi officer.
最高级别的沙特阿拉伯军官
You can use top to say that you think something is excellent.
For $50, the guests got three courses of top nosh, fizz, wine, and beer.
花 50 美元,客人们就尝到了三道美味菜肴,还有汽水、葡萄酒和啤酒。
The top of an organization or career structure is the highest level in it.
We started from the bottom and we had to work our way up to the top.
我们从最底层开始,是一步一步奋斗到最高层的。
...his dramatic rise to the top of the military hierarchy.
他戏剧性地晋升至最高军阶
You can use top to describe the most important or famous people or things in a particular area of work or activity.
So you want to be a top model…
这么说,你想成为超级名模喽。
The President met this afternoon with his top military advisers...
总统今天下午会见了他最得力的军事顾问。
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.
The United States will be at the top of the medal table...
美国将在奖牌榜上位列第一。
Labour was top of the poll with forty-six percent.
工党以 46% 的得票数高居首位。
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.
Cleaning up the water supply is their top priority...
清洁供水系统是他们的当务之急。
On arrival, a six-course meal was top of the agenda.
他们到达之后要做的第一件事是吃一顿六道菜的大餐。
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.
He was Italy's top scorer during the World Cup matches...
他是世界杯比赛期间意大利队进球最多的球员。
Management consultancy was the top choice of career among 11,500 students in a survey this year…
在今年一项对 11,500 名学生进行的调查中,管理顾问是首选职业。
To top a list means to be mentioned or chosen more times than anyone or anything else.
It was the first time a Japanese manufacturer had topped the list for imported vehicles...
这是日本制造商初次占据进口车排行的首位。
So what happens if the Socialists top the poll but fall short of an absolute majority?
那么如果社会党人得票居首却达不到绝对多数会怎么样?
If something tops a particular amount, it is larger than that amount.
Imports topped £10 billion last month...
上个月进口总额超过了 100 亿英镑。
These five schools are in the state's top 5% in achievement scores, one school topping the score for the whole state.
这 5 所学校的成绩在该州居前 5%,其中一所的成绩高于全州所有其他学校。
If something is topped with something, it has that thing as its highest part.
The holiest of their chapels are topped with gilded roofs...
他们最神圣的教堂屋顶镀了金。
To serve, top the fish with the cooked leeks.
上菜时,把炒好的韭葱覆在鱼上。
If you top a story, remark, or action, you follow it with a better or more impressive one.
How are you going to top that?
你怎样超过那个?
You can use tops after mentioning a quantity, to say that it is the maximum possible.
The publisher expected the book to sell 1,500 copies, tops...
出版商预计该书至多能卖出 1,500 本。
Be here in half an hour, tops.
最晚半个小时以后到这里。
If you say that something is tops or is the tops, you mean that it is better or more successful than anything else.
Majorca and Ibiza are tops for holiday bargain-hunters in June…
对于实惠型度假者来说,马略卡岛与伊维萨岛是 6 月份的绝好选择。
The United States was tops in finance and services…
美国在金融业与服务业方面无可匹敌。
If someone blows their top, they become very angry about something.
He blew his top after airport officials refused to let him on a plane.
机场工作人员拒绝让他登机之后,他勃然大怒。
If a person, organization, or country comes out on top, they are more successful than the others that they have been competing with.
The only way to come out on top is to adopt a different approach.
脱颖而出的唯一途径就是采用一种不同的方法。
If someone pays top dollar for something, they pay the highest possible price for it.
People will always pay top dollar for something exclusive.
人们总是会为绝无仅有的东西付出高价。
…a club frequented by top-dollar models and their movie star companions.
身价最高的模特与她们的影星同伴经常光顾的俱乐部
If you say that you clean, tidy, or examine something from top to bottom, you are emphasizing that you do it completely and thoroughly.
She would clean the house from top to bottom.
她会把房子彻底打扫一下。
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.
They were sensibly dressed from top to toe in rain gear.
他们从头到脚都用雨具捂得严严实实,非常明智。
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.
Things have been getting on top of me lately.
最近事情太多,压得我透不过气来。
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.
It was the best I could think of off the top of my head.
这是我一时所能想到的最好的办法。
If one thing is on top of another, it is placed over it or on its highest part.
...the vacuum flask that was resting on top of the stove.
放在炉子上的保温瓶
…the fairy on top of the Christmas tree…
圣诞树顶上的仙子
You can use on top or on top of to indicate that a particular problem exists in addition to a number of other problems.
A stepfamily faces all the problems that a normal family has, with a set of additional problems on top…
再婚家庭会面临正常家庭的所有问题,外加一堆额外难题。
An extra 700 jobs are being cut on top of the 2,000 that were lost last year.
除了去年被裁掉的 2,000 个职位,还有700个岗位在裁撤中。
You say that someone is on top when they have reached the most important position in an organization or business.
How does he stay on top, 17 years after becoming foreign minister?
他是怎样在成为外交大臣以后的17年间保住最高职位的?
If you are on top of or get on top of something that you are doing, you are dealing with it successfully.
...the government's inability to get on top of the situation.
政府无力掌控局势
If you say that you feel on top of the world, you are emphasizing that you feel extremely happy and healthy.
Two months before she gave birth to Jason she left work feeling on top of the world.
生贾森前的两个月,她辞工回家,感觉无比幸福。
If one thing is over the top of another, it is placed over it so that it is completely covering it.
I have overcome this problem by placing a sheet of polythene over the top of the container...
我在容器上盖了一片聚乙烯塑料薄膜,解决了这个问题。
Stir the sauce and pour it over the top.
搅拌调味汁,把它浇在上面。
You describe something as over the top when you think that it is exaggerated, and therefore unacceptable.
The special effects are a bit over the top but I enjoyed it.
特效有点夸张,但是我喜欢。
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.
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.
He sees himself going right to the top of the tree.
他预见自己在同行中将无人可及。
If you say something at the top of your voice, you say it very loudly.
'Stephen!' shouted Marcia at the top of her voice.
“斯蒂芬!”马西娅放声大喊。
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;
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;
1. situated at the top or highest position;
2. not to be surpassed;
summit, climax, peak, top
这些名词均含"顶点"之意。
from top to bottom
从上到下,完全地;彻底地
from top to toe
完全地;从头到脚,全身地
from the top
(非正式)从头,从开始
get on top of
因无能为力而使(某人)感到挫败和沮丧
off the top of one's head
on top of
在最高处,在顶端,在最上面
掌握(或控制)着
另外
on top of the world
(非正式)非常幸福,兴高采烈
top and tail Brit. 英
去除(水果,蔬菜)两端以食用
(给婴、幼儿)洗脸和屁股
top dollar
(北美,非正式)很高的价钱
top of the morning
(爱尔兰)[用作问候语]早上好
the top of the tree
(同行中的)最高地位;事业的最高峰
top ten (或 twenty 等)
(流行音乐排行榜的)前十(或二十等)名
to top it all
(尤指一系列不好的事情中)最后地,更糟糕的是,加之,更有甚者
up top
His performance at the concert last night proved that he is in the top flight of international pianists.
昨晚他在音乐会上的演奏证明他在国际钢琴家中居首位.
Clouds involved the mountain top.
云雾笼罩山头.
I don't know the exact number of people who have been invited but off the top of my head I should think there will be about forty.
我不知道被邀请者的确切人数,但不用思索,我认为会有40人左右.
She was aiming for the top in her career.
她立志攀登事业的顶峰.
I can't explain such a statement by him on the basis of logic. He must have blown his top.
我从逻辑推理方面解释不了他讲的这番话,他想必是神经错乱了.