核心畫面

Picture the very last point of a mountain - the spot where there is no more up. Everything below it is slope; this one place is the end of the climb. English keeps borrowing that spot for anything standing at the highest level, whether it is a career or the people who run a country.

可以想成 summit 是一座山最後的那一個點——再往上就沒有了。底下全是坡,只有這裡是頂,也是爬山這件事的終點。英更多收起可以想成 summit 是一座山最後的那一個點——再往上就沒有了。底下全是坡,只有這裡是頂,也是爬山這件事的終點。英文後來一直借用這個位置:一個人的成就可以站上去,一個國家權力最高的那一層也可以站上去。

Two branches

山的最高點

這一組就是核心畫面本身:真的一座山、真的一個最高點,沒有比喻的成分。

mountain summit · noun · C1

The very top of a mountain.

山頂;峰頂

借「最高點」講層級

山頂被拿來當「最高」的代名詞。不管是一個人一路往上的成就,還是一個國家由下往上疊起來的權力,英文都可以把最上面那一層放在山頂的位置。

peak; highest point · noun · C1

The highest point or greatest level of something, such as success or a career.

頂點;巔峰

原始詞典資料40 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Summitname

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summitnoun詞源 1/ˈsʌmɪt/

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    The topmost point or surface of a thing; the apex, the peak.

    • In summer, it is possible to hike to the summit of Mount Shasta.
    • How can I crawl up to reach those heights / And run? / The venom is what keeps me alive / The venom is what keeps me alive / Up to the summit at night / Desperate to find that beating heart of mine that always makes me run
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    mathematicssciencesThe topmost point or surface of a thing; the apex, the peak.

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    nauticalrail-transportrailwaysThe topmost point or surface of a thing; the apex, the peak.

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    obsoletebiologybotanynatural-sciencesThe topmost point or surface of a thing; the apex, the peak.

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    obsoleterarechemistrycrystallographynatural-sciencesThe topmost point or surface of a thing; the apex, the peak.

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    The highest point of achievement, development, etc., that can be reached; the acme, the pinnacle.

    • Learning from others as from himself, he reached the summit of his development with his latest work.
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    archaicgovernmentpoliticsThe highest level of political leadership.

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    governmentpoliticsAn assembly or gathering of the leaders of countries to discuss issues of international significance; also (loosely), an important or high-level gathering or meeting.

    • They met for an international summit on environmental issues.

summitverb詞源 1/ˈsʌmɪt/

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    informalclimbinghobbieslifestyleTo reach the summit (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1.1) of (a mountain).

    • Of the range's 12 peaks, Mount Saskatchewan is the only one that has yet to be summited.
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    informalclimbinghobbieslifestyleTo reach the summit of a mountain.

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    governmentpoliticsTo attend a summit (noun etymology 1, noun sense 2.2.2).

    • If the Soviet leaders could go on summiting with the US while bombs poured on North Vietnam and yet claim that they had nothing but the best interests of the Vietnamese revolution in mind, there seems precious little reason to cry wolf at Peking-Bonn relations.
    • […] what the North Vietnamese would do while Richard Nixon was summiting in Moscow. […]

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資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。