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Top of Britons' toilet paper wish list is softness ( ' , 57%) followed by strength ( ' , 45%) and thickness ( ' , 36%).
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One in 10 buyers rank toilet rolls made from recycled paper among their top considerations, highlighting how overall the environment is much less of a consideration for shoppers than product quality.
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Quality has not been the top concern of pre-K programs.
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On top of all that, a new study published in the journal Learning and Memory finds you are probably better off sleeping than making last- minute preparations for a test.
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The top US Computer Science departments are said to be MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, and Carnegie-Mellon.
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The Gatais used to frown when they received power bills that routinely topped $200.
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Small Schools Rising This year's list of the top 100 high schools shows that today, those with fewer students are flourishing.
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among the top 2% in the country-on Newsweek's annual ranking of America's top high schools.
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Ten years ago, when the first Newsweek list based on college-level test participation was published, only three of the top 100 schools had graduating Classes smaller than 100 students
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Nearly 250 schools on the full ,Newsweek list of the top 5% of schools nationally had fewer than 200 graduates in 2007.
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"Chauncy is a top student who is doing his best to make it in a world with no money and very few resources," White explained on the crowd-funding site.
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A raccoon, a small cat like animal climbed to the top of a 25-story sky scraper early on Wednesday.
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After mail service stops due to weather, the agency’s top priority is ensuring that employees are safe.
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Although economic research and previous survey findings have shown that career interruptions related to motherhood may make it harder for women to advance in their careers and compete for top executive jobs, relatively few adults in the recent survey poin
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And,on top of that, I'd specifically asked if I could leave early last Friday as I'd done a lot of overtime during the week.
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At the top of the building, animal control officers put cat food in traps and captured the raccoon.
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But in the very beginning, there was just Careme,the top chef who elevated dining into art.
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But there's widespread disagreement over whether breakfast should keep its top spot in the hierarchy of meals.
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However, this is the first time a panel has been designed to be laid directly on top of existing roads and the first project to install the panels on public highways.
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In 1816, Careme began a culinary journey which would forever mark his place as history's first top chef.
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New evidence shows why getting enough sleep is a top priority.
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On top of that, it never really storms in Seattle, either.
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Only about one-in-five say women's family responsibilities are a major reason why there aren't more females in top leadership positions in business and politics.
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similar shares say electorate and corporate America are just not ready to put more women in top leadership positions.
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So when I apologize, I usually choose in-person first, or a phone conversation as my top alternative, and Maybe a handwritten note next.
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The panels are also designed so that they can be installed directly on top of existing roadways, making them relatively cheap and easy to install.
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The results reveal that while Swedes were the tallest people in the world in 1914, Dutch men have risen from 12th place to claim top spot with an average height of 182.5cm.
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The top US Computer Science departments are said to be miT, Stanford, Berkeley, and Carnegie-Mellon.
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Top of Britons' toilet paper wish list is softness 57% followed by strength 45% and thickness 36%.
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What has changed, instead, is the relative share adopting different ways of living in early adulthood, with the decline of romantic coupling pushing living at home to the top of a much less uniform list of living arrangements.
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While 53% believe men will continue to hold more top executive positions in business in die future, 44% say it's only a matter of time before as many women are in top executive positions as men.
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While the top of the ocean is studied, its depths are more difficult to explore.
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You can also link up with Google calendar to make sure you stay on top of important dates.
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They came up with a brand-new set of design proceduresThey made originality a top priority in their fashion design.
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Many schools don't place academic competitions at the top of their priority list.
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After the high-pressure Countdown round at this year's national MathCounts competition, in which the top 12 students went head to head solving complex problems in rapid fire, the finalists for the Math Video Challenge took the stage to show their videos.
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Get a teacher from the top 20%, and it's as if a child has gone to school for an extra month or two.
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As U.S.banks recovered with the help of the American government and the American taxpayer, president Obama held meetings with top bank executives, telling them it’s time to return the favor.
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Perhaps the reason why so many universities offer their students so little is they know studying at a top university remains a brilliant investment even if you don't learn anything.
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Many top firms will not even look at applications from those who lack a 2.1
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The legend says that when seven girls were attacked by bears, they took refuge on top of a small rock, and they appealed to the Rock God for help.
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In 2000, the top five causes of death for centenarians were heart disease, stroke, flu, cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease.
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Some top institutions like Yale seem to provide first-generation students with more support than they actually need.
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Our support structure was more like: ‘You are going to get through Yale; you are going to do well,' he said, hinting at mentors ( ' , 导师 ), staff, and professors who all provided significant support for students who lacked confidence about belonging at such a top institution.
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On top of the tragic loss of life, the accident in California will cast a long shadow over the future of space tourism, even before it has properly begun.
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Britains who pass their A levels may still not qualify for a top university at home, but find American universities far more welcoming.
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Look at any global survey of gender equality and Sweden will be near the top.
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Swedish economists Magnus Henrekson and Mikael Stenkula addressed the following question in their 2009study:why are there so few female top executives in the European egalitarian(平等主义的)welfare states
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A woman holds the top spot at the International Monetary Fund; another won the Nobel Prize in economics.
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Does this suggest that a woman in a nation's top office translates to better lives for women in general
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What does Anne-Marie Goetz think of a woman being in a nation's top office?
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Each burning season in the Amazon, fires deliberately set by frontier settlers and developers hurl up almost half a billion metric tons of carbon a year, placing Brazil among the top five contributors to greenhouse gases in the world.
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What makes Brazil one of the world's top five contributors to greenhouse gases
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A recent Chinese survey ranks 35 American universities among the top 50, eight among the top 10.
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Spread their influence among top research institutions.
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In 2007 the University of Wisconsin-Madison – one of the top five or so prestigious public universities – graduated 81% of its white students within six years, but only 56% of its blacks.
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Middlebury College in Vermont, another top school, had a 19-point gap in 2007 and a 22-point gap in
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By capping her grades at 94 while most other teachers grade on a scale that tops out at 100, your teacher could jeopardize a student's chance of getting a scholarship or getting into a top college.
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Only top art students can show their works in the gallery.
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When you reach your top height, do light activities rather than sleep too much.
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"Our support structure was more like: ‘ You are going to get through Yale; you are going to do well, '" he said, hinting at mentors, staff, and professors who all provided significant support for students who lacked confidence about " belonging" at such a
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According to a 2012 survey described in The Atlantic, college reputation ranked lowest in relative importance of attributes in evaluating graduates for hire, beaten out by top factors like internships, employment during college, college major, volunteer e
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After the high-pressure Countdown round at this year's national Math Counts competition, in which the top 12 students went head to head solving complex problems in rapid fire, the finalists for the Math video Challenge took the stage to show their videos.
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And then they put some bacon in the fat, broke an egg over the top, and put the whole lot in the oven for about ten minutes.
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As marketing professors Silvia Bellezza, Neeru Paharia, and Anat Keinan recently explained in Hazard Business Review HBR, leisure time was once seen as an indicator of high social status, something attainable only for those at the top.
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But their top safety concerns are emissions and wireless radio waves.
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Every summer when I top up my selection of summer outfits from the department stores, my eyes would nearly pop out of my head.
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It didn't have to be the Ivy League, but it needed to be a "top school".
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Joseph's top priority became getting his hands on enough grass-fed milk to keep customers satisfied, since his own 64-cow herd wasn't going to suffice.
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Many top firms will not even look at applications from those who lack a 2.1, i.e., an upper-second class degree, from an elite university.
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But on top of that, Merian, a German-born woman who lived in the Netherlands, also managed a successful career as an artist, botanist, naturalist and entomologist.
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N-COUNT
顶;顶端;顶部
The top of something is its highest point or part.
例句
I waited at the top of the stairs.
我在楼梯顶端等着。
...the picture at the top of the page...
书页天头的图片
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ADJ
最高的;最上面的;最上层的
The top thing or layer in a series of things or layers is the highest one.
例句
I can't reach the top shelf...
我够不着最上面的架子。
Our new flat was on the top floor...
我们的新公寓在顶层。
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N-COUNT
(瓶、罐、管等的)盖,帽,塞
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.
例句
...the plastic tops from aerosol containers.
喷雾剂容器的塑料盖子
...a bottle top.
瓶塞
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N-SING
另一端;另一头
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.
例句
...a little shop at the top of the street...
在街道那头的小店
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。
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上衣
A top is a piece of clothing that you wear on the upper half of your body, for example a blouse or shirt.
例句
Look at my new top.
看看我的新上衣。
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ADJ
最高(级别或量度)的
You can use top to indicate that something or someone is at the highest level of a scale or measurement.
例句
The vehicles have a top speed of 80 kilometres per hour.
这些车辆最高时速为 80 公里。
...a top-ranking Saudi officer.
最高级别的沙特阿拉伯军官
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ADJ
最优良的
You can use top to say that you think something is excellent.
例句
For $50, the guests got three courses of top nosh, fizz, wine, and beer.
花 50 美元,客人们就尝到了三道美味菜肴,还有汽水、葡萄酒和啤酒。
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最高层;最高地位(或职位)
The top of an organization or career structure is the highest level in it.
例句
We started from the bottom and we had to work our way up to the top.
我们从最底层开始,是一步一步奋斗到最高层的。
...his dramatic rise to the top of the military hierarchy.
他戏剧性地晋升至最高军阶
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ADJ
最重要的;最著名的
You can use top to describe the most important or famous people or things in a particular area of work or activity.
例句
So you want to be a top model…
这么说,你想成为超级名模喽。
The President met this afternoon with his top military advisers...
总统今天下午会见了他最得力的军事顾问。
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(排名)首位;(位居)第一
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.
例句
The United States will be at the top of the medal table...
美国将在奖牌榜上位列第一。
Labour was top of the poll with forty-six percent.
工党以 46% 的得票数高居首位。
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ADJ
最要紧的;最优先的
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.
例句
Cleaning up the water supply is their top priority...
清洁供水系统是他们的当务之急。
On arrival, a six-course meal was top of the agenda.
他们到达之后要做的第一件事是吃一顿六道菜的大餐。
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ADJ
次数最多的
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.
例句
He was Italy's top scorer during the World Cup matches...
他是世界杯比赛期间意大利队进球最多的球员。
Management consultancy was the top choice of career among 11,500 students in a survey this year…
在今年一项对 11,500 名学生进行的调查中,管理顾问是首选职业。
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VERB
为…之首;居…之冠
To top a list means to be mentioned or chosen more times than anyone or anything else.
例句
It was the first time a Japanese manufacturer had topped the list for imported vehicles...
这是日本制造商初次占据进口车排行的首位。
So what happens if the Socialists top the poll but fall short of an absolute majority?
那么如果社会党人得票居首却达不到绝对多数会怎么样?
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VERB
高过;超过;多于
If something tops a particular amount, it is larger than that amount.
例句
Imports topped £10 billion last month...
上个月进口总额超过了 100 亿英镑。
These five schools are in the state's top 5% in achievement scores, one school topping the score for the whole state.
这 5 所学校的成绩在该州居前 5%,其中一所的成绩高于全州所有其他学校。
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VERB
覆盖;放在…的上面
If something is topped with something, it has that thing as its highest part.
例句
The holiest of their chapels are topped with gilded roofs...
他们最神圣的教堂屋顶镀了金。
To serve, top the fish with the cooked leeks.
上菜时,把炒好的韭葱覆在鱼上。
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VERB
胜过;压倒
If you top a story, remark, or action, you follow it with a better or more impressive one.
例句
How are you going to top that?
你怎样超过那个?
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ADV
至多;最多
You can use tops after mentioning a quantity, to say that it is the maximum possible.
例句
The publisher expected the book to sell 1,500 copies, tops...
出版商预计该书至多能卖出 1,500 本。
Be here in half an hour, tops.
最晚半个小时以后到这里。
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PHRASE
绝好;最出色;无可匹敌
If you say that something is tops or is the tops, you mean that it is better or more successful than anything else.
例句
Majorca and Ibiza are tops for holiday bargain-hunters in June…
对于实惠型度假者来说,马略卡岛与伊维萨岛是 6 月份的绝好选择。
The United States was tops in finance and services…
美国在金融业与服务业方面无可匹敌。
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PHRASE
大发脾气;勃然大怒
If someone blows their top, they become very angry about something.
例句
He blew his top after airport officials refused to let him on a plane.
机场工作人员拒绝让他登机之后,他勃然大怒。
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PHRASE
出人头地;拔得头筹;占得上风
If a person, organization, or country comes out on top, they are more successful than the others that they have been competing with.
例句
The only way to come out on top is to adopt a different approach.
脱颖而出的唯一途径就是采用一种不同的方法。
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PHRASE
最高价格
If someone pays top dollar for something, they pay the highest possible price for it.
例句
People will always pay top dollar for something exclusive.
人们总是会为绝无仅有的东西付出高价。
…a club frequented by top-dollar models and their movie star companions.
身价最高的模特与她们的影星同伴经常光顾的俱乐部
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PHRASE
从上到下;彻底地
If you say that you clean, tidy, or examine something from top to bottom, you are emphasizing that you do it completely and thoroughly.
例句
She would clean the house from top to bottom.
她会把房子彻底打扫一下。
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PHRASE
从头到脚;全身;完全
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.
例句
They were sensibly dressed from top to toe in rain gear.
他们从头到脚都用雨具捂得严严实实,非常明智。
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PHRASE
使愁苦;使沮丧
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.
例句
Things have been getting on top of me lately.
最近事情太多,压得我透不过气来。
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PHRASE
不加思索地;来不及思索地
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.
例句
It was the best I could think of off the top of my head.
这是我一时所能想到的最好的办法。
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PHRASE
在上面;在顶上
If one thing is on top of another, it is placed over it or on its highest part.
例句
...the vacuum flask that was resting on top of the stove.
放在炉子上的保温瓶
…the fairy on top of the Christmas tree…
圣诞树顶上的仙子
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PHRASE
另外;加之;除…之外(还)
You can use on top or on top of to indicate that a particular problem exists in addition to a number of other problems.
例句
A stepfamily faces all the problems that a normal family has, with a set of additional problems on top…
再婚家庭会面临正常家庭的所有问题,外加一堆额外难题。
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 个职位,还有700个岗位在裁撤中。
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PHRASE
处于最高职位
You say that someone is on top when they have reached the most important position in an organization or business.
例句
How does he stay on top, 17 years after becoming foreign minister?
他是怎样在成为外交大臣以后的17年间保住最高职位的?
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PHRASE
完全控制;完全掌握
If you are on top of or get on top of something that you are doing, you are dealing with it successfully.
例句
...the government's inability to get on top of the situation.
政府无力掌控局势
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PHRASE
非常幸福;心满意足
If you say that you feel on top of the world, you are emphasizing that you feel extremely happy and healthy.
例句
Two months before she gave birth to Jason she left work feeling on top of the world.
生贾森前的两个月,她辞工回家,感觉无比幸福。
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PHRASE
盖上
If one thing is over the top of another, it is placed over it so that it is completely covering it.
例句
I have overcome this problem by placing a sheet of polythene over the top of the container...
我在容器上盖了一片聚乙烯塑料薄膜,解决了这个问题。
Stir the sauce and pour it over the top.
搅拌调味汁,把它浇在上面。
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PHRASE
夸张的;言过其实的
You describe something as over the top when you think that it is exaggerated, and therefore unacceptable.
例句
The special effects are a bit over the top but I enjoyed it.
特效有点夸张,但是我喜欢。
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PHRASE
除去…的两端
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.
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PHRASE
(某行业中的)最高地位;事业的最高峰
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.
例句
He sees himself going right to the top of the tree.
他预见自己在同行中将无人可及。
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PHRASE
声嘶力竭地;极大声地
If you say something at the top of your voice, you say it very loudly.
例句
'Stephen!' shouted Marcia at the top of her voice.
“斯蒂芬!”马西娅放声大喊。
Noun
1. the upper part of anything;
"the mower cuts off the tops of the grass""the title should be written at the top of the first page"2. the highest or uppermost side of anything;
"put your books on top of the desk""only the top side of the box was painted"3. the top point of a mountain or hill;
"the view from the peak was magnificent""they clambered to the summit of Monadnock"4. the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat;
"a relief pitcher took over in the top of the fifth"5. the highest level or degree attainable;
"his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty""the artist's gifts are at their acme""at the height of her career""the peak of perfection""summer was at its peak""...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame""the summit of his ambition""so many highest superlatives achieved by man""at the top of his profession"6. the greatest possible intensity;
"he screamed at the top of his lungs"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;
"he got a bright red top and string for his birthday"9. covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container);
"he removed the top of the carton""he couldn't get the top off of the bottle""put the cover back on the kettle"10. a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips;
"he stared as she buttoned her top"11. a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance;
"he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent""they had the big top up in less than an hour"Verb
1. go beyond;
"She exceeded our expectations""She topped her performance of last year"2. pass by, over, or under without making contact;
"the balloon cleared the tree tops"3. be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point;
"A star tops the Christmas Tree"4. be ahead of others; be the first;
"she topped her class every year"5. provide with a top;
"the towers were topped with conical roofs"6. reach or ascend the top of;
"The hikers topped the mountain just before noon"7. strike (the top part of a ball in golf, baseball, or pool) giving it a forward spin
8. cut the top off;
"top trees and bushes"9. be the culminating event;
"The speech crowned the meeting"10. finish up or conclude;
"They topped off their dinner with a cognac""top the evening with champagne"Adjective
1. situated at the top or highest position;
"the top shelf"2. not to be surpassed;
"his top effort"