apogee: [17] In its original, literal sense, a planet’s or satellite’s apogee is the point in its orbit at which it is furthest away from the Earth; and this is reflected in the word’s ultimate source, Greek apógaios or apógeios ‘far from the Earth’, formed from the prefix apo- ‘away’ and gē ‘earth’ (source of English geography, geology, and geometry).
From this was derived a noun, apógaion, which passed into English via Latin apogeum or French apogée. The metaphorical sense ‘culmination’ developed in the later 17th century. The opposite of apogee, perigee [16], contains the Greek prefix peri- ‘around’, in the sense ‘close around’, and entered English at about the same time as apogee. => geography, perigee
apogee (n.)
"point at which the moon is farthest from the earth," 1590s, from French apogée, from Latin apogaeum, from Greek apogaion, neuter adjective, "away from the earth," a term from Ptolemaic astronomy, from apo "off, away" (see apo-) + gaia/ge "earth" (see Gaia). Adjective forms are apogeal, apogean.
双语例句
1. The Alliance for Progress reached its apogee during the first half of the decade.
这十年中的前五年是进步联盟迈向顶峰的时期。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The orbit of the artificial satellite has an apogee of 200 miles from the earth.
这个人造卫星的轨道,其最远点在离地球200英里的地方.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
3. Particularly well equipped are the apogee telescopes.
装备特别好的是远地点望远镜.
来自辞典例句
4. The Grand Design reached its rhetorical apogee.
宏伟计划达到口头上的高潮.
来自辞典例句
5. The farthest point on lunar orbit is called apogee.
