The apogee of something is its highest, most successful point — the moment when a career, a band, a fashion, or a company is at its peak, before it levels off or falls. Writers and news people like the word; it sounds a little grand. Friends would more often say peak or high point.

The apogee of something is its highest, most successful point某件事的apogee，是它最高、最成功的那個點—— the moment when a career, a band, a fashion, or a company is at its peak事業、樂團、流行風潮或公司達到顛峰的那一刻， before it levels off or falls在它趨於平緩或走下坡之前。 Writers and news people like the word作家和新聞工作者喜歡用這個字； it sounds a little grand聽起來有點氣派。 Friends would more often say peak or high point朋友之間比較常說peak或high point。

Though actually, the older sense is still alive in space talk: a satellite’s apogee is the farthest point in its path from Earth. The “most successful part” meaning is a picture taken from that — as far up as it goes. The opposite point, nearest Earth, is the perigee; people almost never stretch perigee in the same proud way.

Though actually, the older sense is still alive in space talk不過其實，比較舊的意思在講太空的時候還活得好好的： a satellite's apogee is the farthest point in its path from Earth衛星的apogee是它軌道上離地球最遠的那一點。 The “most successful part” meaning is a picture taken from that「最成功的部分」這個意思，就是從那裡借來的畫面—— as far up as it goes就是它爬得到的最高點。 The opposite point, nearest Earth, is the perigee相反的那一點，離地球最近的，叫perigee（近地點）； people almost never stretch perigee in the same proud way大家幾乎不會用同樣得意的方式去延伸perigee這個字。

Apogee is a noun: we say “the apogee of her career,” not “an apogee film” meaning merely “a very good one.”

Apogee is a nounapogee是名詞： we say “the apogee of her career,”我們會說「the apogee of her career她事業的巔峰」， not “an apogee film” meaning merely “a very good one.”而不會說「an apogee film」來表示「一部很好看的電影」。