high-water mark

英 [ˌhaɪ ˈwɔːtə mɑːk]

美 [ˌhaɪ ˈwɔːtər mɑːrk]

n.  高水位线(海水或洪水所达到的最高水位)

牛津词典

noun

• 高水位线（海水或洪水所达到的最高水位）
  a line or mark showing the highest point that the sea or floodwater has reached
  1. the high-water mark of Parisian fashion (= the most successful time)
     巴黎时装最流行的时期

柯林斯词典

• 高水位线;高潮线
  The high-water markis the level reached in a particular place by the sea at high tide or by a river in flood.
• N-SING （成就的）最高点，最高峰
  Thehigh-water mark ofa process is its highest or most successful stage of achievement.
  1. This was almost certainly the high-water mark of her career...
     这几乎肯定是她事业的巅峰。
  2. This period represented a high water mark for liberal denominations.
     这一时期代表了自由主义教派的全盛时期。

英英释义

noun

• a line marking the highest level reached

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