top
adj. (位置、級別或程度)最高的; 極棒的
n. 頂(端),表面; 最高地位/職位; 首位,第一; 盡頭; 帽,蓋,塞; 上衣; 莖葉; 陀螺
v. 超過; 勝過; 居…之首; 覆蓋
The top of something is its highest point or part.
I waited at the top of the stairs.
我在樓梯頂端等著。
...the picture at the top of the page...
書頁天頭的圖片
The top thing or layer in a series of things or layers is the highest one.
I can't reach the top shelf...
我夠不著最上面的架子。
Our new flat was on the top floor...
我們的新公寓在頂層。
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.
噴霧劑容器的塑膠蓋子
...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...
在街道那頭的小店
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.
這些車輛最高時速為 80 公里。
...a top-ranking Saudi officer.
最高階別的沙烏地阿拉伯軍官
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,客人們就嚐到了三道美味菜餚,還有汽水、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.
我們從最底層開始,是一步一步奮鬥到最高層的。
...his dramatic rise to the top of the military hierarchy.
他戲劇性地晉升至最高軍階
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…
這麼說,你想成為超級名模嘍。
The President met this afternoon with his top military advisers...
總統今天下午會見了他最得力的軍事顧問。
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...
美國將在獎牌榜上位列第一。
Labour was top of the poll with forty-six percent.
工黨以 46% 的得票數高居首位。
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...
清潔供水系統是他們的當務之急。
On arrival, a six-course meal was top of the agenda.
他們到達之後要做的第一件事是吃一頓六道菜的大餐。
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...
他是世界盃比賽期間義大利隊進球最多的球員。
Management consultancy was the top choice of career among 11,500 students in a survey this year…
在今年一項對 11,500 名學生進行的調查中,管理顧問是首選職業。
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...
這是日本製造商初次佔據進口車排行的首位。
So what happens if the Socialists top the poll but fall short of an absolute majority?
那麼如果社會黨人得票居首卻達不到絕對多數會怎麼樣?
If something tops a particular amount, it is larger than that amount.
Imports topped £10 billion last month...
上個月進口總額超過了 100 億英鎊。
These five schools are in the state's top 5% in achievement scores, one school topping the score for the whole state.
這 5 所學校的成績在該州居前 5%,其中一所的成績高於全州所有其他學校。
If something is topped with something, it has that thing as its highest part.
The holiest of their chapels are topped with gilded roofs...
他們最神聖的教堂屋頂鍍了金。
To serve, top the fish with the cooked leeks.
上菜時,把炒好的韭蔥覆在魚上。
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?
你怎樣超過那個?
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...
出版商預計該書至多能賣出 1,500 本。
Be here in half an hour, tops.
最晚半個小時以後到這裡。
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…
對於實惠型度假者來說,馬略卡島與伊維薩島是 6 月份的絕好選擇。
The United States was tops in finance and services…
美國在金融業與服務業方面無可匹敵。
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.
機場工作人員拒絕讓他登機之後,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.
脫穎而出的唯一途徑就是採用一種不同的方法。
If someone pays top dollar for something, they pay the highest possible price for it.
People will always pay top dollar for something exclusive.
人們總是會為絕無僅有的東西付出高價。
…a club frequented by top-dollar models and their movie star companions.
身價最高的模特與她們的影星同伴經常光顧的俱樂部
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.
她會把房子徹底打掃一下。
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.
他們從頭到腳都用雨具捂得嚴嚴實實,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,壓得我透不過氣來。
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.
這是我一時所能想到的最好的辦法。
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.
放在爐子上的保溫瓶
…the fairy on top of the Christmas tree…
聖誕樹頂上的仙子
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…
再婚家庭會面臨正常家庭的所有問題,外加一堆額外難題。
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 個職位,還有700個崗位在裁撤中。
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?
他是怎樣在成為外交大臣以後的17年間保住最高職位的?
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.
政府無力掌控局勢
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.
生賈森前的兩個月,她辭工回家,感覺無比幸福。
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...
我在容器上蓋了一片聚乙烯塑膠薄膜,解決了這個問題。
Stir the sauce and pour it over the top.
攪拌調味汁,把它澆在上面。
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.
特效有點誇張,但是我喜歡。
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.
他預見自己在同行中將無人可及。
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!”馬西婭放聲大喊。
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
這些名詞均含"頂點"之意。
from top to bottom
從上到下,完全地;徹底地
from top to toe
完全地;從頭到腳,全身地
from the top
(非正式)從頭,從開始
get on top of
因無能為力而使(某人)感到挫敗和沮喪
off the top of one's head
on top of
在最高處,在頂端,在最上面
掌握(或控制)著
另外
on top of the world
(非正式)非常幸福,興高采烈
top and tail Brit. 英
去除(水果,蔬菜)兩端以食用
(給嬰、幼兒)洗臉和屁股
top dollar
(北美,非正式)很高的價錢
top of the morning
(愛爾蘭)[用作問候語]早上好
the top of the tree
(同行中的)最高地位;事業的最高峰
top ten (或 twenty 等)
(流行音樂排行榜的)前十(或二十等)名
to top it all
(尤指一系列不好的事情中)最後地,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.
昨晚他在音樂會上的演奏證明他在國際鋼琴家中居首位.
Clouds involved the mountain top.
雲霧籠罩山頭.
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.
我不知道被邀請者的確切人數,但不用思索,我認為會有40人左右.
She was aiming for the top in her career.
她立志攀登事業的頂峰.
I can't explain such a statement by him on the basis of logic. He must have blown his top.
我從邏輯推理方面解釋不了他講的這番話,他想必是神經錯亂了.