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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ac·me /ˈækmi/ noun  the acme of something formalBEST the best and highest level of something 某事物的顶峰,某事物的顶点 SYN pinnacle the acme of perfection 尽善尽美
Examples from the Corpus
acmeCapitalism specialises in producing useless things, but cigarettes really are the absolute acme of uselessness.Silence of this quality is the acme of chatter.As a raconteur and conversationalist, scattering indiscretions and gossip with gay abandon, he was the acme of unconventionality.These rifts, and the increasingly separate position taken in Nottinghamshire, reached their acme in 1926.
Origin acme (1500-1600) Greek akme point, highest point
ac·me nounChineseSyllable
level Corpus and something best highest the of


acme
acme /ˈækmi/ noun
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Greek
 Origin: akme __point, highest point__
the acme of something formal the best and highest level of something
   SYN  pinnacle:
    the acme of perfection


acmeBrE /ˈækmi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈækmi/ 🔊 noun [usually singular] (formal) the highest stage of development or the most excellent example of sth 顶峰;顶点;典范 SYN height