reaches
n. 河段;流域;(上、中或下)遊; (外)圍;(遠)處; (組織或機構中的)層級
v. 到達,抵達(reach的第三人稱單數)
The upper, middle, or lower reaches of a river are parts of a river. The upper reaches are nearer to the river's source and the lower reaches are nearer to the sea into which it flows.
This year water levels in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze are unusually high.
長江今年中下游的水位都過高。
You can refer to the distant or outer parts of a place or area as the far, farthest, or outer reaches.
...the outer reaches of the solar system.
太陽系的外圍
...the farthest reaches of Cambodia.
柬埔寨的最邊遠地區
You can refer to the higher or lower levels of an organization as its upper or lower reaches.
...the upper reaches of the legal profession.
法律行業的上層
...the lower reaches of the accounting world.
會計行業中較低的層級
A girl may fill out before she reaches her full height.
女孩子在長足個頭之前可能會發胖。
His face collapses when the baby preferen-tially reaches for the mother.
當這個嬰兒最先把手伸向母親時,他臉色一沉。
His secretary acts as a gatekeeper, reading all mail before it reaches her boss.
老闆的秘書負責把關,所有郵件都由她先過目再呈送給他。
Traffic reaches its peak between 8 and 9 in the morning.
上午8、9點鐘之間是交通高峰期。
They flew over the unlimited reaches of the Arctic.
他們飛過了茫茫無邊的北極上空.