top [ tɔp] n.顶；首位 a.顶的
blow one's top (美)气急败坏；发脾气
on top of 在…之上；除…之外
on top on 在...之上
on top on
在...之上
top [tɔp] n.,a.&v.顶部,顶端,极点,顶蓬
top [tɔp] 顶部
敞蓬轿车 open-topped limousine
大腕 top notch
吊带衫 sun-top
能进能出，能上能下 competent to work both at the top and at the grass roots
头号种子选手 No.1 seed (player); top seed
稳定压倒一切 Maintaining stability is of top priority
硬道理 "absolute principle, top priority"
STB Set-top Box 置顶盒
Hooded Top 连帽运动上衣
Spinning Top 陀螺
Tank Top 大圆领女背心
top 头等的,最高的
prime quality 或 tip-top quality 第一流的质量
at the top of one's lungs 大声喊
A: I'm here right in front of you. Why are you yelling at me at the top of your lungs?
A: 我就在妳面前, 妳为什么要对我大声吼叫呢?
B: Maybe because you've been ignoring my feelings too long.
B: 也许因为你忽略我的感觉太久了。
top of the circle 靠近禁区顶端之三分（球）线附近
Keep Top Side Up 请勿倒立
blow one's top 怒发冲冠
Class Rank（年级名次）：表示一个学生学习成绩在毕业年级（graduating class）的排列名
次或比率。在由一百名学生组成的年级中排列第一的学生的年级名次为１／１００，排列最
后则为１００／１００。年级名次也可以百分比表示，如前百分之二十五（the top 25
percent）、后百分之五十（the lower 50 percent）。
Customer care is our top priority 顾客至上
Please ensure that this door is closed top & bottom 请确保此门上下关紧。
top hat 高顶丝质礼帽
Class Rank（年级名次）：表示一个学生学习成绩在毕业年级（graduating class）的排列名次或比率。在由一百名学生组成的年级中排列第一的学生的年级名次为1／100，排列最后则为100／100。年级名次也可以百分比表示，如前百分之二十五（the top 25 percent）、后百分之五十（the lower 50 percent）。
top speed 最高速度
top 头等的,最高的
“市政府要办的X件实事” x major projects that should be given top priority as designated on the municipal government’s working agenda；
Top 顶部，最前面的
top 500 enterprises 前500家企业
上止点
top dead center(upper dead center)
上止点后
atdc(after top dead cetner)
内上坡口
internal bevel top
硬顶吉普车
hard top jeep
高速档
top gear(high gear)
上置式双级主减速器
top mounted double reducton final drive
前叉顶梁 Fork Top Bridge
You can see the house when you reach the top of the hill.
到了山顶上，你就能看到那座房子了。
I am short and cannot reach the top of the wall.
我个子矮，摸不到墙顶。
It's hard to make it to the top in the show business.
想在演艺圈出人头地, 殊非易事。
There was a lack of oxygen at the top of the mountain.
山顶上缺氧。
On the top of the building you can see the continuous line of cars going out of the city.
站在房顶上，你可以看到一长串汽车不停地往城外开去。
They retreated from the flood to the top of a hill.
他们从洪水中撤退，退到一个小山顶上。
Students may be tempted to cheat in order to get into top schools.
为进入一流学校，学生可能忍不住作弊。
In some way he gets access to the official papers for top managers.
不知怎么，他能看到高级经理们看的正式文件。
Many women feel they cannot apply for the top jobs because of domestic duties.
许多妇女认为由于家庭责任的原因，她们不能申请最高层的工作。
My father will blow his top when he sees what happened to the car.
我父亲看到车子这个样子肯定会大发雷霆。
When he told her how much it cost, she blew her top.
当他告诉她东西的价格时，她大发脾气。
Labor is on top in it’s contract discussions with management.
在与资方的劳务合同谈判中，劳方占有利地位。
Put the letter on top of that pile of books, where it can be seen easily.
把信放在那堆书上面，那儿很容易被看到。
Top managers are in short supply.
缺少高级经理。
Put this record on top of the others.
将这一份记录置于其他记录之上。
Put the letter on top of that pile of books, where it can be seen easily.
把这封信放在那堆书上面，这样容易被看到。
Another 700 jobs are being cut this year, on top of the 2,000 that were lost last year.
除了去年削减的2,000个工作外, 今年将再减少700个岗位。
Some companies are establishing variable pay programs to reward top workers on their staff.
有些公司在建立可变工资制度，以奖励优秀员工。
Stand the table on even ground, so that the top is horizontal.
将桌子放在平地上，这样桌面就平了。
I am on top of the world.
我高兴到了极点。
Hi! You guys keep talking so loudly that I have to speak at the top my voice!哎!你们一直这样大声讲话，我都不得不扯着嗓子说话了。
The top of this mountain is three kilometers above the sea level.
这座山的山顶海拔三千米高。
He looks down from the top of the mountain to the valley far below.
他从山顶向下眺望下面幽深的山谷。
Can you reach the book on the top of the cupboard?
你能够到柜顶的那本书吗？
The mountain tops are covered with snow.
白雪覆盖着山顶。
I live on the top floor.
我住在顶层。
She is at the top of her class.
她名列前茅。
Put the socks in the top drawer.
把袜子放在衣柜的最上层。
A I want to buy some sports shirts and some trainers, too.
A 我想买几件运动衫和几双运动鞋。
B That's a coincidence. So do I!
B 真巧，我也想买！
A You know this area very well. Do you know any good sports shops?
A 你对这一带非常熟悉。你知道哪里有好的体育用品商店吗？
B Well, there are a couple nearby. One has a huge range, but it is expensive. It's got all the top brands.
B 哦，附近有两家。一家卖的品种非常多，但是很贵，最好的品牌商品那里都有。
A And the other one?
A 那另一家呢？
B It has a good range and the prices are reasonable. We can try both shops.
B 品种很多，而且价格合理。两家我们都可以看看。
The coffee shop is on the first floor.
咖啡店就在第一层。
The business centre is on the second floor of the hotel.
商务中心在宾馆的第二层。
The Cantonese restaurant is on the third floor.
粤式风味餐厅在第三层。
There’s a great view from the top floor of the hotel.
从宾馆顶层往出去的风景美极了。
I’d like to buy a lycra top.
我想买一件合成弹力纤维质地的上衣。
I want to get a leather jacket.
我想买一件皮质夹克。
Where can I find a cashmere scarf?
在哪里可以找到羊绒围巾呢？
That’s a nice silk tie.
那是个很漂亮的丝绸领带。
Wool is very warm in winter.
毛织品在冬天非常饱暖。
Would you please put it on top?能请你把它放在最上面吗?We demand better pay.我们要求增加工资。
at the top of one's lungs大声喊
A: I'm here right in front of you. Why are you yelling at me at the top of your lungs?
A:我就在妳面前,妳为什么要对我大声吼叫呢?
B: Maybe because you've been ignoring my feelings too long.
B:也许因为你忽略我的感觉太久了。
@@@ 了解, 熟悉
acquaint (sb.) with 使了解, 使熟悉
acquaintance with 熟悉, 了解
awake sb. to sth. (使)意识到, (使)觉醒
be aware of 知道; 意识到, 认识到
be unaware of 不知道, 没意识到
between you and me 只有你我知道, 对外保密
cognizant of 已认识到...的, 晓得...的
come into one's own 得到尊重/重视; 被人认识
come to light 真相大白; 被人知道
familiar with sth. 熟悉或精通...的
familiarize (sb.) with 使...熟悉, 使...通晓
get the feel of 适应; 了解; 掌握技巧
have intimate knowledge of 对...精通/熟悉
ignorant of 对...不知道(不了解)
in the dark about ... 不知道, 未被告知
introduce sb. to sth. 使某人了解
keep abreast of 与...并进, 跟上; 了解最新情况
keep track of 了解动态, 掌握线索
know about 了解..., 知道...的情况
know of 知道; 听说
lose track of 忘记; 不了解
stay on top of ... 知道, 掌握(信息)
versed in 精通...
Your guess is as good as mine. 我也不知道.
off the top of one's head 不假思索，马上
I can't tell you the information off the top of my head. I'll have to look
it up.
我没办法告诉你这个消息，我的查一下。
blow one's top 怒发冲冠
on top of the world 精神饱满
- Blow one's top 勃然大怒
My neighbor blew his top when he saw his hedges were cut by someone.
除顶部 topping
社会上层 top-drawer
八级工 [bā jí gōng] /eight grade worker/top-grade worker/
拔顶 [bá dǐng] /topping/
拔尖儿 [bá jiān er ] /tiptop/top notch/
碑额 [bēi é] /the top part of a tablet/
颠 [diān] /inverted/jolt/top/
顶 [dǐng] /go against/most/peak/top/to replace/to substitute/a measure word (use with "hat")/
顶呱呱 [dǐng guā guā] /tip top/excellent/first rate/
顶尖 [dǐng jiān] /peak/world best/number one/finest (competitors)/apex/peak/top (figures in a certain field)/
顶尖级 [dǐng jiān jí] /first class/top/world best/
对流层顶 [duì liú céng dǐng] /tropopause/top of troposphere/
盖 [gài] /lid/top/cover/canopy/to build/
高档 [gāo dàng] /(adj) top quality/
珩 [héng] /top gem of pendant from girdle/
鬟 [huán] /a knot of hair on top of head/
极 [jí] /extremely/pole (geography, physics)/utmost/top/
尖峰 [jiān fēng] /peak/top/
绝密 [jué mì] /top secret/
立交桥 [lì jiāo qiáo] /(n) grade splitting bridge for road traffic, one road goes on top and the other below/
面 [miàn] /fade/side/surface/aspect/top/face/flour/noodles/
幕僚 [mù liáo] /aids and advisors of top official/
山头 [shān tóu] /(n) mountain top/
上 [shàng] /on/on top/upon/first (of two parts)/previous or last (week, etc.)/upper/higher/above/previous/to climb/to go into/above/to go up/
上面 [shàng mian ] /on top of/above-mentioned/
上头 [shàng tou ] /above/on top of/on the surface of/
上下 [shàng xià] /up and down/top and bottom/old and new/
耸立 [sǒng lì] /to tower above (on top of sth)/erect/
陀螺 [tuó luó] /gyroscope/spinning top/
下至上 [xià zhì shàng] /bottom to top/
囟 [xìn] /skull/top of head/
中气层顶 [zhōng qì céng dǐng] /mesopause/top of mesosphere/
总司令 [zǒng sī lìng] /(n) top military commander for a country or theater of operations/
As recently as 1995, the top four railroads accounted for under 70 percent of the total ton-miles moved by rails.
近至1995年，四家大型铁路公司占有整个铁路运输业务的约70％。
Three sun-belt states — Florida, Texas and California — together had nearly 10 million more people in 1980 than a decade earlier.
佛罗里达、得克萨斯和加利福尼亚这三个阳光充沛的地区，1980年的人口比前10年增加了近1000万。
Among large cities, San Diego moved from 14th to 8th and San Antonio form 15th to 10th — with Cleveland and Washington DC dropping out of the top 10.
在大城市排行榜上，圣地亚哥从第14位上升到第8位，圣安东尼奥从第15位升到第10位，而克利夫兰和华盛顿特区却被挤出了前10位。
Moreover, demographers see the continuing shift south and west as joined by a related but newer phenomenon: More and more, Americans apparently are looking not just for places with more jobs but with fewer people, too. Some instances —
而且，人口学家发现，向南部和向西部的不断迁移还伴随着一种相关却又较新的现象：越来越多的美国人显然不再仅仅寻找有更多工作机会的地方，也在寻找人口稀少的地方。例证如下：
● Regionally, the Rocky Mountain states reported the most rapid growth rate — 37.1 percent since 1970 in a vast area with only 5 percent of the US population.
从区域上看，洛基山脉各州上报了自1970年以来最高的人口增长率——37.1％，而以前这片广阔的土地上的人口仅占美国总人口的5％。
● Among states, Nevada and Arizona grew fastest of all: 63.5 and 53.1 percent respectively. Except for Florida and Texas, the top 10 in rate of growth is composed of Western states with 7.5 million people — about 9 per square mile.
从各州情况看，内华达和亚利桑那是增长最快的两个州：其增长率分别为63.5％和53.1％。除了佛罗里达州和得克萨斯州外，处于人口增长率前10位的都是西部各州，共有750万人——每平方英里约9个人。
Obviously, it is neither practical nor desirable that all A youngsters change into B's.
显然，要将所有A型孩子变成B型孩子既不现实也不可取。
The world needs types, and schools have an important duty to try to fit a child's personality to his possible future employment.
这个世界需要各种性格的人，一个重要职责是使孩子的性格适合将来可能从事的工作。
It is top management.
这才是最好的管理理念。
{adj: ace, A-one, crack, fantastic, first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch, tops} of the highest quality
"an ace reporter"
"a crack shot"
"a first-rate golfer"
"a super party"
"played top-notch tennis"
"an athlete in tiptop condition"
"she is absolutely tops"
{adj: acrocarpous} (of mosses) having the archegonia at the top of the stem
<-> pleurocarpous
{adj: bottom-up} of an approach to a problem that begins with details and works up to the highest conceptual level
"bottom-up parser"
"a bottom-up model of the reading process"
<-> top-down
{adj: bottomless} having no bottom
"bottomless pajamas consisting simply of a long top opening down the front"
<-> bottomed
{adj: bottom} situated at the bottom or lowest position
"the bottom drawer"
<-> side, top
{adj: bowl-shaped} having a concave shape with an open top like a bowl
{adj: caliche-topped} covered with caliche, a hard calcium-carbonate encrusted soil
{adj: covered} overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
"women with covered faces"
"covered wagons"
"a covered balcony"
<-> bare
{adj: cymose} having a usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the main and branch stems each end in a flower that opens before those below it or to its side
{adj: deep} relatively thick from top to bottom
"deep carpets"
"deep snow"
{adj: extraordinary, over-the-top, sinful} far more than usual or expected
"an extraordinary desire for approval"
"it was an over-the-top experience"
{adj: first, foremost, world-class} ranking above all others
"was first in her class"
"the foremost figure among marine artists"
"the top graduate"
{adj: flat-topped, flat-top} having a flat or flattened upper surface
{adj: hierarchical, hierarchal, hierarchic} classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers
"it has been said that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art"
"in her hierarchical set of values honesty comes first"
<-> nonhierarchical
{adj: high-grade, top-quality, top-grade} surpassing in quality
"top-grade ore"
{adj: high-top, high-topped} (of shoes or boots) having relatively high uppers
{adj: intervening} standing between or separating two objects or areas
"Paris--where the same city lies on both sides of an intervening river"
"after reaching the top of the hill he looked across an intervening meadow to another line of hills"
{adj: inverted, upside-down} being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed
"a quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted comma"
"an upside-down cake"
{adj: layered, superimposed} with one layer on top of another
"superimposed rocks"
{adj: mop-headed} (of trees) having a bushy top without a leader
"mop-headed cabbage palms"
{adj: right-side-up} of objects having a top and bottom
{adj: screw-topped} having a lid with a spiral groove
{adj: side} located on a side
"side fences"
"the side porch"
<-> top, bottom
{adj: spiked} equipped with long sharp-pointed projections especially along the top of a wall or fence
"the fence was iron and spiked along the top"
{adj: sure-handed} proficient and confident in performance
"promising playwrights...sure-handed enough to turn out top-drawer scripts"
{adj: surmounted} having something on top
"columns surmounted by statues"
{adj: thick} abounding; having a lot of
"the top was thick with dust"
{adj: top-down} of an approach to a problem that begins at the highest conceptual level and works down to the details
"a top-down analysis might begin by looking at macro-economic trends"
"top-down programming"
<-> bottom-up
{adj: top-flight, top-hole, topping} excellent; best possible
{adj: top-heavy} unstable by being overloaded at the top
{adj: top-secret} the highest official level of classification of documents
{adj: topless} having no top
"a topless jar"
<-> topped
{adj: topmost, uppermost, upmost} at or nearest to the top
"the uppermost book in the pile"
"on the topmost step"
{adj: topped} having a top of a specified character
<-> topless
{adj: top} situated at the top or highest position
"the top shelf"
<-> bottom, side
{adj: uppercase} relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case
"uppercase letters; X and Y and Z etc"
<-> lowercase
{adv: a la mode} with ice cream on top or on the side
"we served the apple pie a la mode"
{adv: atop} on, to, or at the top
{adv: flat out, like blue murder} at top speed
"he ran flat out to catch the bus"
"he was off down the road like blue murder"
{adv: flush} in the same plane
"set it flush with the top of the table"
{adv: inaccessibly} in an inaccessible manner
"located inaccessibly on the top of a mountain"
{adv: over} beyond the top or upper surface or edge; forward from an upright position
"a roof that hangs over";
{adv: tip-top} to the highest extent
"the shoes fit me tip-top"
{n: A-horizon, A horizon} the top layer of a soil profile; usually contains humus
{n: A-line} women's clothing that has a fitted top and a flared skirt that is widest at the hemline
"it is called the A-line because the effect resembles the capital letter A"
{n: Balmoral, bluebonnet} a brimless dark blue Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume on one side
{n: Boston rocker} a rocking chair that has a high spindle back and a decorative top panel
{n: Comtism} Auguste Comte's positivistic philosophy that metaphysics and theology should be replaced by a hierarchy of sciences from mathematics at the base to sociology at the top
{n: French toast} bread slice dipped in egg and milk and fried; topped with sugar or fruit or syrup
{n: Glengarry} a Scottish cap with straight sides and a crease along the top from front to back; worn by Highlanders as part of military dress
{n: Gymnopilus spectabilis} a fungus with a brownish orange fruiting body and a ring near the top of the stalk; the taste is bitter and the flesh contains psilocybin and psilocin
{n: Loafer} a low leather step-in shoe; the top resembles a moccasin but it has a broad flat heel
{n: Mason jar} a glass jar with an air-tight screw top; used in home canning
{n: Parsons table} a sturdy rectangular table with block legs at the four corners; the top and the legs are the same width
{n: Pascal} a programing language designed to teach programming through a top-down modular approach
{n: QWERTY keyboard} the standard typewriter keyboard; the keys for Q, W, E, R, T, and Y are the first six from the left on the top row of letter keys
{n: Saba} a island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an extinct volcano
{n: Sayeret Matkal, Sayeret Mat'kal, sayeret} Israel's elite secret commando unit responsible for counterterrorist and top secret intelligence gathering and hostage rescue missions
{n: Scleroderma flavidium, star earthball} an earthball with a smooth upper surface that is at first buried in sand; the top of the fruiting body opens up to form segments like the ray of an umbel
{n: Sericocarpus, genus Sericocarpus} small genus of herbs of the eastern United States: white-topped asters
{n: Sibley tent} a light conical canvas tent erected on a tripod with ventilation at the top
{n: Sisyphus} (Greek legend) a king in ancient Greece who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill; each time the boulder neared the top it rolled back down and Sisyphus was forced to start again
{n: Verpa bohemica, early morel} resembles a thimble on a finger; the surface of the fertile portion is folded into wrinkles that extend from the top down; fruiting begins in spring before the leaves are out on the trees
{n: Verpa, bell morel} a morel whose fertile portion resembles a bell and is attached to the stipe only at the top
{n: Weissbier, white beer, wheat beer} a general name for beers made from wheat by top fermentation; usually very pale and cloudy and effervescent
{n: abacus} a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave
{n: achillea} any of several plants of the genus Achillea native to Europe and having small white flowers in flat-topped flower heads
{n: acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top} the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
"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"
{n: ale} a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
{n: alpine gold, alpine hulsea, Hulsea algida} low tufted plant having hairy stems each topped by a flower head with short narrow yellow rays; northwestern United States
{n: ancient pine, Pinus longaeva} small slow-growing pine of western United States similar to the bristlecone pine; chocolate brown bark in plates and short needles in bunches of 5; crown conic but becoming rough and twisted; oldest plant in the world growing to 5000 years in cold semidesert mountain tops
{n: annulet, bandelet, bandelette, bandlet, square and rabbet} molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column
{n: apical placentation} where one or few ovules develop at the top of a simple or compound ovary
{n: apple pie} pie (with a top crust) containing sliced apples and sugar
{n: aquaplane} a board that is pulled by a speedboat as a person stands on it and skims over the top of the water
{n: astrodome} a transparent dome on top of an airplane where the navigator can make celestial observations
{n: attic} (architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature; hides the roof
{n: auricula, auricular appendage, auricular appendix} a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart
{n: baldness, phalacrosis} the condition of having no hair on the top of the head
{n: banana split} a banana split lengthwise and topped with scoops of ice cream and sauces and nuts and whipped cream
{n: bar sinister, bend sinister} a mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left
{n: baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon} a very wealthy or powerful businessman
"an oil baron"
{n: barouche} a horse-drawn carriage having four wheels; has an outside seat for the driver and facing inside seats for two couples and a folding top
{n: bar} an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal
"it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar"
{n: battlement, crenelation, crenellation} a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
{n: bean tostada} a flat tortilla topped with refried beans
{n: belfry} a room (often at the top of a tower) where bells are hung
{n: berm} a narrow ledge or shelf typically at the top or bottom of a slope
{n: best, topper} the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others
"he could beat the best of them"
{n: bib} top part of an apron; covering the chest
{n: black cohosh, black snakeroot, rattle-top, Cimicifuga racemosa} North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia
{n: blouse} a top worn by women
{n: bog soil} poorly drained soils on top of peat and under marsh or swamp vegetation
{n: bootstrap} a strap that is looped and sewn to the top of a boot for pulling it on
{n: bottleneck} the narrow part of a bottle near the top
{n: bottom, bottom of the inning} the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat
<-> top
{n: bowl, pipe bowl} a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco
{n: bowl, trough} a concave shape with an open top
{n: bowl} a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods
{n: bowl} a round vessel that is open at the top; used for holding fruit or liquids or for serving food
{n: bregma} the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and coronal sutures at the top of the cranium
{n: brim, rim, lip} the top edge of a vessel or other container
{n: bucket, pail} a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top
{n: buskin, combat boot, desert boot, half boot, top boot} a boot reaching halfway up to the knee
{n: bustier} a close-fitting and strapless top without sleeves that is worn by women either as lingerie or for evening dress
{n: butte} a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides
{n: cable car, car} a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway
"they took a cable car to the top of the mountain"
{n: caffe latte, latte} strong espresso coffee with a topping of frothed steamed milk
{n: calash, caleche, calash top} the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage
{n: camber} the alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top
{n: can, can buoy} a buoy with a round bottom and conical top
{n: cap, pileus} a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom
{n: cappuccino, cappuccino coffee, coffee cappuccino} equal parts of espresso and hot milk topped with cinnamon and nutmeg and usually whipped cream
{n: capriole} (dressage) a vertical jump of a trained horse with a kick of the hind legs at the top of the jump
{n: capstone, copestone, coping stone, stretcher} a stone that forms the top of wall or building
{n: cap} a top (as for a bottle)
{n: car, elevator car} where passengers ride up and down
"the car was on the top floor"
{n: carton} a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top
{n: caster, castor} a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar
{n: catalysis, contact action} acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction
"of the top 50 commodity chemicals, 30 are created directly by catalysis and another 6 are made from raw materials that are catalytically produced"
{n: celery top pine, celery-topped pine, Phyllocladus asplenifolius} medium tall celery pine of Tasmania
{n: chaise, shay} a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse
{n: chicken Tetrazzini} chicken prepared in a cream sauce with mushrooms and served over pasta; usually topped with cheese
{n: chimneypot} a short earthenware pipe on the top of a chimney to increase the draft
{n: chocolate eclair} eclair topped with chocolate
{n: church key} can opener that has a triangular pointed end that pierces the tops of cans
{n: circus tent, big top, round top, top} 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"
{n: climb, mount} the act of climbing something
"it was a difficult climb to the top"
{n: clinocephaly, clinocephalism} a congenital defect in which the top of the head is depressed (concave instead of convex)
{n: clipboard} a small writing board with a clip at the top for holding papers
{n: cobble, cobblestone, sett} rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads
{n: cold frame} protective covering consisting of a wooden frame with a glass top in which small plants are protected from the cold
{n: column, chromatography column} a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands
{n: convertible} a car that has top that can be folded or removed
{n: corbel step, corbie-step, corbiestep, crow step} (architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall
{n: corn, clavus} a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes
{n: cornice, valance, valance board, pelmet} a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing
{n: cornice} a molding at the corner between the ceiling and the top of a wall
{n: corymb} flat-topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height; outer flowers open first
{n: cottage pie} a dish of minced meat topped with mashed potatoes
{n: countersink} a hole (usually in wood) with the top part enlarged so that a screw or bolt will fit into it and lie below the surface
{n: countertop} the top side of a counter
{n: covered wagon, Conestoga wagon, Conestoga, prairie wagon, prairie schooner} a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century
{n: creme caramel} baked custard topped with caramel
{n: crest} the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave
{n: crow's nest} platform for a lookout at or near the top of a mast
{n: crown imperial, Fritillaria imperialis} Eurasian herb with a cluster of leaves and orange-red bell-shaped flowers at the top of the stem
{n: crumb cake} cake or coffeecake topped with a mixture of sugar and butter and flour
{n: cyme} more or less flat-topped cluster of flowers in which the central or terminal flower opens first
{n: dash} a footrace run at top speed
"he is preparing for the 100-yard dash"
{n: deep-dish pie, cobbler} made of fruit with rich biscuit dough usually only on top of the fruit
{n: desktop} the top of a desk
{n: drafting table, drawing table} a worktable with adjustable top
{n: drawstring bag} a bag that is closed at the top with a drawstring
{n: dress hat, high hat, opera hat, silk hat, stovepipe, top hat, topper, beaver} a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur
{n: dropline, drop line, stepped line, stagger head, staggered head, stephead} a headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right
{n: dual scan display} a type of passive matrix display in which the top and bottom half of the screen are refreshed simultaneously
{n: eggs Benedict} toasted English muffin topped with ham and a poached egg (or an oyster) and hollandaise sauce
{n: fast track} a rapid means of achieving a goal
"they saw independence as the fast track to democracy"
"he took a fast track to the top of the corporate ladder"
"the company went off the fast track when the stock market dropped"
{n: fez, tarboosh} a felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown
{n: finial} an ornament at the top of a spire or gable; usually a foliated fleur-de-lis
{n: flashboard, flashboarding} boarding place along the top of a dam to increase its height
{n: flat-topped white aster} a variety of aster
{n: flip chart} a chart with several sheets hinged at the top; sheets can be flipped over to present information sequentially
{n: food pyramid} (ecology) a hierarchy of food chains with the principal predator at the top; each level preys on the level below
{n: form} an ability to perform well
"he was at the top of his form"
"the team was off form last night"
{n: four-tailed bandage} a bandage consisting of a strip of cloth split in two on both ends; the central part is placed under the chin to restrict motion of the mandible and the tails are tied over the top of the head
{n: fret, Greek fret, Greek key, key pattern} an ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines (often in relief)
"there was a simple fret at the top of the walls"
{n: frittata} Italian omelet with diced vegetables and meats; cooked until bottom is set then inverted into another pan to cook the top
{n: front burner} top priority
"the work was moved to the front burner in order to meet deadlines"
<-> back burner
{n: frosting, icing, ice} a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes
{n: golden parachute} giving top executives lucrative benefits that must be paid by the acquirer if they are discharged after a takeover
{n: gorgerin, necking} the molding at the top of a column
{n: griddle} cooking utensil consisting of a flat heated surface (as on top of a stove) on which food is cooked
{n: grip, grasp} a firm controlling influence
"they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities"
"he was in the grip of a powerful emotion"
"a terrible power had her in its grasp"
{n: guide word, guideword, catchword} a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page
{n: gunwale, gunnel, gun rest} wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel
{n: half page} something that covers (the top or bottom) half of a page
{n: half-mast} a position some distance below the top of the mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress
{n: halter} a woman's top that fastens behind the back and neck leaving the back and arms uncovered
{n: hand truck, truck} a handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge at the bottom and handles at the top; used to move crates or other heavy objects
{n: hardtop} a car that resembles a convertible but has a fixed rigid top
{n: hawk's-beard, hawk's-beards} any of various plants of the genus Crepis having loose heads of yellow flowers on top of a long branched leafy stem; northern hemisphere
{n: head, chief, top dog} a person who is in charge
"the head of the whole operation"
{n: header, coping, cope} brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
{n: headrest, head restraint} a cushion attached to the top of the back of an automobile's seat to prevent whiplash
{n: headspace} the volume left at the top of a filled container (bottle or jar or tin) before sealing
{n: head} the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container
"the beer had a large head of foam"
{n: head} the top of something
"the head of the stairs"
"the head of the page"
"the head of the list"
<-> foot
{n: heart} a plane figure with rounded sides curving inward at the top and intersecting at the bottom; conventionally used on playing cards and valentines
"he drew a heart and called it a valentine"
{n: height, tallness} the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top
{n: herm} a statue consisting of a squared stone pillar with a carved head (usually a bearded Hermes) on top; used in ancient Greece as a boundary marker or signpost
{n: humming top} a top that makes a humming noise as it spins
{n: hurricane deck, hurricane roof, promenade deck, awning deck} a deck at the top of a passenger ship
{n: ice-cream sundae, sundae} ice cream served with a topping
{n: imperial} a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach
{n: jet stream} a high-speed high-altitude airstream blowing from west to east near the top of the troposphere; has important effects of the formation of weather fronts
{n: jets, blue jets} atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward
{n: jimmies, sprinkles} bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream
{n: kepi, peaked cap, service cap, yachting cap} a cap with a flat circular top and a visor
{n: key, paint} (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
"he hit a jump shot from the top of the key"
"he dominates play in the paint"
{n: keystone, key, headstone} the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
{n: kingpin, top banana, bigwig} the most important person in a group or undertaking
{n: klondike} a form of solitaire that begins with seven piles of cards with the top cards facing up; descending sequences of cards of alternating colors are built on these piles; as aces become available they are placed above the seven piles; the object is to build sequences in suit from ace to king as the remaining cards are dealt out one at a time
{n: lambrequin} short and decorative hanging for a shelf edge or top of a window casing
{n: land, ground, soil} material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
"the land had never been plowed"
"good agricultural soil"
{n: larynx, voice box} a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech
{n: lectern, reading desk} desk or stand with a slanted top used to hold a text at the proper height for a lecturer
{n: ledger board} top rail of a fence or balustrade
{n: lemon meringue pie} pie containing lemon custard and topped with meringue
{n: letterhead} a sheet of stationery with name and address of the organization printed at the top
{n: lichen planus, lichen ruber planus} an eruption of shiny flat-topped purplish (usually itchy) papules on the wrist and forearms and thighs
{n: lid} a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening of a container
{n: lockstitch} machine stitch in which the top thread interlocks with the bobbin thread
{n: loft, attic, garret} floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
{n: luggage rack, roof rack} carrier for holding luggage above the seats of a train or on top of a car
{n: masthead} the head or top of a mast
{n: meat thermometer} a thermometer that is inserted into the center of a roast (with the top away from the heat source); used to measure how well done the meat is
{n: meringue} sweet topping especially for pies made of beaten egg whites and sugar
{n: mescal button, sacred mushroom, magic mushroom} the button-shaped top of the mescal cactus; a source of psilocybin
{n: ming tree} a dwarfed evergreen conifer or shrub shaped to have flat-topped asymmetrical branches and grown in a container
{n: missionary position} a position for sexual intercourse; a man and woman lie facing each other with the man on top; so-called because missionaries thought it the proper position for primitive peoples
{n: mortarboard} an academic cap with a flat square with a tassel on top
{n: nacho} a tortilla chip topped with cheese and chili-pepper and broiled
{n: narrow-leaved white-topped aster} a variety of white-topped aster
{n: netball} a team game that resembles basketball; a soccer ball is to be thrown so that it passes through a ring on the top of a post
{n: newel post, newel} the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs; it supports the handrail
{n: nonpareil} colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies
{n: nosebag, feedbag} a canvas bag that is used to feed an animal (such as a horse); covers the muzzle and fastens at the top of the head
{n: obelisk} a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top
{n: oil slick} a thin film of oil floating on top of water (especially crude oil spilled from a ship)
{n: overhead} (nautical) the top surface of an enclosed space on a ship
{n: oxycephaly, acrocephaly} a congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull assumes a cone shape
{n: pajama, pyjama, pj's, jammies} (usually plural) loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging; have a jacket top and trousers
{n: parietal bone} either of two skull bones between the frontal and occipital bones and forming the top and sides of the cranium
{n: pate, poll, crown} the top of the head
{n: peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summit} the top point of a mountain or hill
"the view from the peak was magnificent"
"they clambered to the summit of Monadnock"
{n: peg top} a pear-shaped top made of wood with a metal center pin
{n: penthouse} an apartment located on the top floors of a building
{n: pepper shaker, pepper box, pepper pot} a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling ground pepper
{n: pie} dish baked in pastry-lined pan often with a pastry top
{n: pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus} a collection of objects laid on top of each other
{n: pinnacle} (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower
{n: plimsoll} a light gym shoe with a rubber sole and a canvas top
{n: plowshare, ploughshare, share} a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil
{n: precession} the motion of a spinning body (as a top) in which it wobbles so that the axis of rotation sweeps out a cone
{n: radiator cap} cap on the opening in the top of a radiator through which a coolant liquid can be added
{n: reconnaissance vehicle, scout car} fast armored military vehicle with four-wheel drive and open top
{n: red Clintonia, Andrew's clintonia, Clintonia andrewsiana} plant with nearly leafless stalk topped by a cluster of red or reddish lavender flowers; California to Oregon
{n: reorganization, reorganisation, shake-up, shakeup} the imposition of a new organization; organizing differently (often involving extensive and drastic changes)
"a committee was appointed to oversee the reorganization of the curriculum"
"top officials were forced out in the cabinet shakeup"
{n: rider plate} a horizontal beam (or plate) connected to the top of a ship's vertical keel or to the keelson
{n: ridge, ridgepole, rooftree} a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters
{n: ripple} (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value
{n: rooftop} the top of a (usually flat) roof
{n: roof} a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building
{n: roof} protective covering on top of a motor vehicle
{n: running head, running headline} a heading printed at the top of every page (or every other page) of a book
{n: saltshaker, salt shaker} a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling salt
{n: sauce} flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an accompaniment to food
{n: savings bank, coin bank, money box, bank} a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
"the coin bank was empty"
{n: scalp lock} a long tuft of hair left on top of the shaven head
{n: scalp} the skin that covers the top of the head
"they wanted to take his scalp as a trophy"
{n: screwtop} the top of a container that must be screwed off and on
{n: seine} a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom
{n: shooting stick} device that resembles a spiked walking stick but the top opens into a seat
{n: silk tree, Albizia julibrissin, Albizzia julibrissin} attractive domed or flat-topped Asiatic tree having bipinnate leaves and flowers with long silky stamens
{n: ski rack} a carrier for holding skis on top of a vehicle
{n: sleigh bed} a bed with solid headboard and footboard that roll outward at the top
{n: slick} a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
{n: slot} a position in a hierarchy or organization
"Bob Dylan occupied the top slot for several weeks"
"she beat some tough competition for the number one slot"
{n: snake muishond, Poecilogale albinucha} small slender burrowing muishond with white top of the head
{n: snifter, brandy snifter, brandy glass} a globular glass with a small top; used for serving brandy
{n: southern red oak, swamp red oak, turkey oak, Quercus falcata} large round-topped deciduous tree with spreading branches having narrow falcate leaves with deeply sinuate lobes and wood similar to that of northern red oaks; New Jersey to Illinois and southward
{n: speed limit} regulation establishing the top speed permitted on a given road
{n: spike} a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall
{n: sprinter} someone who runs a short distance at top speed
{n: squeegee} T-shaped cleaning implement with a rubber edge across the top; drawn across a surface to remove water (as in washing windows)
{n: stairhead} platform at the top of a staircase
{n: stargazer} heavy-bodied marine bottom-lurkers with eyes on flattened top of the head
{n: steel drum} a concave percussion instrument made from the metal top of an oil drum; has an array of flattened areas that produce different tones when struck (of Caribbean origin)
{n: steeple, spire} a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
{n: step ladder, stepladder} a folding portable ladder hinged at the top
{n: stoop} an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward
{n: stratum} one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)
{n: stylite} an early Christian ascetic who lived on top of high pillars
{n: sunsuit} a child's garment consisting of a brief top and shorts
{n: superposition} the placement of one thing on top of another
{n: sweet William, Dianthus barbatus} Eurasian pink widely cultivated for its flat-topped dense clusters of varicolored flowers
{n: tabletop} the top horizontal work surface of a table
{n: table} a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs
"it was a sturdy table"
{n: tamale pie} a meat mixture covered with cornbread topping that resembles a Mexican dish
{n: tank top} a tight-fitting sleeveless shirt with wide shoulder straps and low neck and no front opening; often worn over a shirt or blouse
{n: tart} a pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust
{n: terminus, terminal figure, term} (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome
{n: terreplein} level space where heavy guns can be mounted behind the parapet at the top of a rampart
{n: tetherball} a game with two players who use rackets to strike a ball that is tethered to the top of a pole; the object is to wrap the string around the pole
{n: tilt-top table, tip-top table, tip table} a pedestal table whose top is hinged so that it can be tilted to a vertical position
{n: timeline} a sequence of related events arranged in chronological order and displayed along a line (usually drawn left to right or top to bottom)
{n: tiptop} the extreme top or summit
{n: tiramisu} an Italian dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake soaked with coffee and brandy or liqueur layered with mascarpone cheese and topped with grated chocolate
{n: top banana} the leading comedian in a burlesque show
{n: top billing} the advertisement of a star's name at the top of a theatrical poster
{n: top brass} the most important persons in a governing body
{n: top dressing} a layer of fertilizer or manure not plowed in
{n: top fermentation} a violent kind of alcoholic fermentation at a temperature high enough to carry the yeast cells to the top of the fermenting liquid; used in the production of ale
"top fermentation uses a yeast that ferments at higher temperatures than that used for bottom fermentation"
{n: top fermenting yeast} brewer's yeast used in top fermentation of ale
{n: top lift} the bottom layer of a heel
{n: top of the line} the best (most expensive) in a given line of merchandise
{n: top quark, truth quark} a hypothetical quark with a charge of +2/3 and a mass more than 100,000 times that of an electron
{n: top round} roast cut from the round; usually suitable for roasting
{n: top, cover} 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"
{n: top, top of the inning} the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat
"a relief pitcher took over in the top of the fifth"
<-> bottom
{n: top, top side, upper side, upside} the highest or uppermost side of anything
"put your books on top of the desk"
"only the top side of the box was painted"
{n: top, whirligig, teetotum, spinning top} 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"
{n: top-up} an amount needed to restore something to its former level
{n: topper} a worker who cuts tops off (of trees or vegetables etc.)
{n: topper} a worker who makes or adds the top to something
{n: topping} a flavorful addition on top of a dish
{n: top} a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips
"he stared as she buttoned her top"
{n: top} platform surrounding the head of a lower mast
{n: top} the greatest possible intensity
"he screamed at the top of his lungs"
{n: top} 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"
{n: touring car, phaeton, tourer} large open car seating four with folding top
{n: tree onion, Egyptian onion, top onion, Allium cepa viviparum} type of perennial onion grown chiefly as a curiosity or for early salad onions; having bulbils that replace the flowers
{n: trillium, wood lily, wake-robin} any liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petaled flower
{n: umbel} flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point; youngest flowers are at the center
{n: umbrella plant, Eriogonum allenii} late blooming perennial plant of shale barrens of Virginia having flowers in flat-topped clusters
{n: upside-down cake, skillet cake} batter baked atop a layer of sweetened fruit then turned upside down so fruit is on top
{n: volcanic crater, crater} a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
{n: wall plate} plate (a timber along the top of a wall) to support the ends of joists, etc., and distribute the load
{n: wastepaper basket, waste-paper basket, wastebasket, waste basket, circular file} a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish
{n: whipping top, whip top} a top that is spun by whipping
{n: white snakeroot, white sanicle, Ageratina altissima, Eupatorium rugosum} American herb having flat-topped clusters of small white flower heads; reputedly a cause of trembles and milk sickness; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium
{n: white-topped aster} herb having corymbose white-rayed flowers with scaly bracts and silky indehiscent fruits
{n: wicket} cricket equipment consisting of a set of three stumps topped by crosspieces; used in playing cricket
{n: writing desk} a desk for writing (usually with a sloping top)
{n: yoke} fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment
{v: arrive, make it, get in, go far} succeed in a big way ; get to the top
"After he published his book, he had arrived"
"I don't know whether I can make it in science!"
"You will go far, my boy!"
{v: ascend} slope upwards
"The path ascended to the top of the hill"
{v: beard} go along the rim, like a beard around the chin
"Houses bearded the top of the heights"
{v: bottom out} reach the low point
"Prices bottomed out and started to rise again after a while"
<-> top out
{v: cap, crest} lie at the top of
"Snow capped the mountains"
{v: claw} move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging
"They clawed their way to the top of the mountain"
{v: clear, top} pass by, over, or under without making contact
"the balloon cleared the tree tops"
{v: climb} slope upward
"The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill"
{v: cover} maintain a check on ; especially by patrolling
"The second officer covered the top floor"
{v: crown, top} be the culminating event
"The speech crowned the meeting"
{v: dull} become dull or lusterless in appearance ; lose shine or brightness
"the varnished table top dulled with time"
{v: emplace} put into place or position
"the box with the ancestors' ashes was emplaced on the top shelf of the house altar"
{v: exceed, transcend, overstep, pass, go past, top} go beyond
"She exceeded our expectations"
"She topped her performance of last year"
{v: exclude, except, leave out, leave off, omit, take out} prevent from being included or considered or accepted
"The bad results were excluded from the report"
"Leave off the top piece"
<-> include
{v: head} be in the front of or on top of
"The list was headed by the name of the president"
{v: lead, top} be ahead of others ; be the first
"she topped her class every year"
{v: master, control} have a firm understanding or knowledge of ; be on top of
"Do you control these data?"
{v: overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master} get on top of ; deal with successfully
"He overcame his shyness"
{v: overlay, cover} put something on top of something else
"cover the meat with a lot of gravy"
{v: overlie} lie upon ; lie on top of
"the granite overlies the older rocks"
{v: overwrite} write new data on top of existing data and thus erase the previously existing data
"overwrite that file"
{v: pack} carry, as on one's back
"Pack your tents to the top of the mountain"
{v: peep} appear as though from hiding
"the new moon peeped through the tree tops"
{v: plane} make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane
"plane the top of the door"
{v: put on, turn in} carry out (performances)
"They turned in a splendid effort"
"They turned in top jobs for the second straight game"
{v: rend, rip, rive, pull} tear or be torn violently
"The curtain ripped from top to bottom"
"pull the cooked chicken into strips"
{v: scour, abrade} rub hard or scrub
"scour the counter tops"
{v: superimpose, superpose, lay over} place on top of
"can you superimpose the two images?"
{v: superscribe} write on the top or outside
"superscribe one's name and address"
{v: surmount} be on top of
"The scarf surmounted the gown"
{v: top off} fill to the point of almost overflowing
"She topped off the cup"
{v: top out} give up one's career just as one becomes very successful
"The financial consultant topped out at age 40 because he was burned out"
{v: top out} reach the highest point
"Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million"
<-> bottom out
{v: top, pinch} cut the top off
"top trees and bushes"
{v: top, top off} finish up or conclude
"They topped off their dinner with a cognac"
"top the evening with champagne"
{v: top} be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point
"A star tops the Christmas Tree"
{v: top} provide with a top
"the towers were topped with conical roofs"
{v: top} reach or ascend the top of
"The hikers topped the mountain just before noon"
{v: top} strike (the top part of a ball in golf, baseball, or pool) giving it a forward spin
{v: work} proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
"work your way through every problem or task"
"She was working on her second martini when the guests arrived"
"Start from the bottom and work towards the top"
It hoists riders 104 metres upwards and then plummets them back to earth in just three seconds at a speed topping 100 kilometres an hour.
它把游客向上提升到 100米高度，随后在仅仅三秒钟时间内，以超过每小时 100公里的速度，让游客骤然回到地面。
It was always advisable to keep the tank topped up in the old Beetle.
过去，让老式 "甲虫车 "的油箱保持灌满一直是很明智的。
The admiral in charge of the Bucintoro was responsible for the safety of all the VIPs on board during the Wedding of the Sea celebrations.
在庆祝 "大海的婚礼 "期间，掌管 "布辛托罗 "大礼仪船的海军将官负责船上所有大人物的安全。
It was an onerous task and he had to be careful to make sure the top-heavy craft cast off in a smooth sea.
这是一项繁重的任务，他必须小心谨慎，确保上部过重的礼仪船在风平浪静的海面上开船。
George reached into his cashbox and took all the bills from the top section--close to six thousand dollars.
乔治把手伸进现金柜里，从上层格子中取出所有的钞票一将近 6000元。
Then, while everyone watched Bank Robber A, Bank Teller B calmly lifted off the top section of the cashbox and slipped bills from the bottom section into his pockets.
就在人们都注视着银行抢劫犯 A 时，银行出纳员 B 却悄悄地提起现金柜上层的格子，把柜子下层的钞票偷偷地塞入了他自己的口袋中。
Other charges that China could cut off traffic through the Panama Canal because a Hong Kong-based group controls ports at either end of the waterway originated with a rival firm, said a top official from the group, Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.
哈奇森·惠姆波有限公司的一位高级管理人员说，其他指控源于一家竞争对手，说中国可能因香港公司对运河两端的港口拥有控制权而切断巴拿马运河上的交通。
On top of one of the hills stood the farm house and the barn where the farm animals lived.
在一个山丘的顶上坐落着农场宿舍和农场牲畜的棚舍。
With wings at heels of darkness, the mountain tops take flight.
翅膀跟踪着黑暗，山峰消失了。
Like a child eating cake smothered in her favorite icing, Mother saves the top of the Yuletide tree for last.
像一个爱吃糖霜的孩子在吃蛋糕时总是把涂在蛋糕土面的糖霜留到最后才吃一样，妈妈把圣诞树的顶端留到最后处理。
This will be the last ornament packed, then placed at the top of the box, where next year it will be the first light of the Christmas season to fill the home.
这颗星将留到最后才包扎，放到纸箱上层，明年一开箱，它就是照耀全家的第一缕圣诞之光。
It is long enough to circle the top of the tree.
这条链子的长度可以绕圣诞树的顶端一圈。
Curious about the event I had witnessed, I removed the tape from the top of the carton, and before I could be discovered, lifted the small white box up to the light.
因对自己所目击的一切感到好奇，我将纸箱上面的胶带撕开，在我可能被人发现之前，取出那个小白盒，来到亮处。
The moment I hung down the telephone from the caller telling me that she was dead, I opened my top desk drawer. I took out the folded clipping I had guarded there for over two years, hidden at the back.
当时有人打电话告诉我她去世的消息。我一挂好电话就去打开了我的书桌是上部的抽屉，拿出被我藏在抽屉后部并保存了两年多的那张摺叠着的剪报。
Perhaps it has become suspect because of the tales of over-the-top generosity sometimes told in gossip about the very rich.
由于有时在闲聊中谈及的有关非常富有的人过度慷慨的故事，或许它已变得令人怀疑。
If you score in the top 1% on IQ tests, a system is in place in this country that is amazingly good at finding you and offering you access to a first-class education that can often lead to first-class job opportunities.
假如你在智商测试中的成绩排列在顶尖的 1％的人中，那么这个国家就有一个适宜的制度，能以令人吃惊的速度准确地找到你，为你提供第一流的教育，使你经常能获得第一流的就业机会。
For ten-year-old William " the four seasons are salt, mustard, vinegar and pepper. " Perhaps be heard his mother talk about seasonings at the dinner table one day.
对十岁的威廉来说， "四季（ seasons ）是盐、芥末、醋和胡椒， "也许他是有一天听妈妈在餐桌上讲过调味品（ seasonings ）的事。
For Peter " trousers is an uncommon noun because it is singular at the top and plural at the bottom ".
对彼得来说， "裤子是一个不寻常的名词，因为在上面它是单数，在下面它就是复数。 "
For Sue, " syntax is all the money collected at the church from sinners. "
对苏来讲， " syntax （句法）就是教堂从犯罪的人那儿收来的税钱。 "
Maybe a " saint tax " will follow on from her discovery of the " sin tax ".
根据她发现的 sintax （犯罪税），也许随之而来的应该是 sainttax 圣人税 ) 了。
Six weeks later, at the Great American Beer Festival, Sam Adams Boston Lager won the top prize for American beer.
六周后，在美国大啤酒节上，我的 "塞缪尔·亚当斯波士顿啤酒 "获得了美国啤酒的最高奖项。
Late in December the heavy rains came, and the river climbed to the tops of its banks.
12月下旬下起了大暴雨，河水涨到河沿上。
But that night she sat on the top of the stairs with her head on her crossed arms and cried.
可是那个晚上，她坐在楼梯口上抱头痛哭。
And when they reached the top of the hill, they would just wait there for the world to die before sundown and for heaven to open and take them upward in a body.
到达山顶后，他们将在日落之前在那里等待世界末日来临，等待天门打开，之后大家一起升入天堂。
For up there on top of the hill I discovered that God had not left me. It was I who had left God.
在山顶上，我发现上帝并没有离我而去，而是我离开了上帝。
But Tom Cruise, star of top-grossing movies such as Top Gun, Born on the Fourth of July, and The Color of Money, was voted No 3 in the Empire magazine list of 100 top movie stars of all time.
然而，在《帝国》杂志评出的历史上最伟人的 100位电影明星中，曾主演《壮志凌云》、《生逢七月四日》和《金钱本色》这样票房佳作的汤姆·克鲁斯名列第三。
Mel Gibson is the star of the top box-office Mad Max and Lethal Weapon series of adventure movies.
梅尔·吉布森是最卖座影片《疯狂的麦克斯》和系到惊险片《致命武器》的主演。
In the US alone, the first three films of the trilogy are in Top Ten box office earners of all time, Star Wars with $ 461 million at No 2, Return of the Jedi at No 8 with $ 309 million and The Empire Strikes Back at No 10 with 290 million.
仅在美同，三部曲的前三部电影的票房收入一直名列前 10名，《星球大战》以四亿六千一百万美元的收入位居第2，《杰迪的归来》以三亿九百万美元名列第8，《帝国反击战》位于第10，票房二亿九千万美元。
In total box office earnings worldwide, while unable to top the first billion-dollar earning film Titanic at No 1, the George Lucas science fiction films come in at a respectable No 4( Star Wars, $ 780 million), No 12( The Empire Strikes Back, $533 million) and No 2t( Return of the Jedi, $470 million).
虽然在全世界的票房收人抵不过位居榜首的影片《泰坦尼克号》率先突破 10亿美元的收入，乔治·卢卡斯的科幻电影也令人称道地名列第4（《星球大战》， 7亿 8千万美元），第12（《帝国反击战》， 5亿 3千 3百万美元）和第21《杰迪的归来》， 4亿 7千万美元）。
Some of that intelligence came from signals intercepts classified as " Gamma-level Sensitive Compartmented Infor-mation( SCI), two levels above Top Secret.
其中一些情报来自窃听信号，被归为 "伽马 "级的敏感全隔绝信息 SCI) ，比绝密还高两个级别。
Demographers predict the market for home medical tests in the United States will top $ 3 billion by 2000 as more baby boomers enter their age-related-illness years.
人口统计学家预言，到 2000年，随着美国有更多在生育高峰期出生的人进入与他们的年龄相关疾病的时期，家庭医学测试产品的市场销售量将超过 30亿美元。
On a cliff-top, a retired Icelandic coastguard captain watches the ocean through binoculars, talking by radio to the Americans in the chopper.
一位冰岛海岸护卫队退休上尉站在悬崖顶部，一边用双筒望远镜观察海面，一边通过无线通讯设备与直升机上的美国机组人员通话。
I washed this down with a Fetzer Eagle Peak Merlot and topped it all off with chocolate truffles.
配配红萄葡酒，我风卷残云似的吃完了所有的东西，最后还来了一块巧克力。
Individually and through Europe@web, a holding company and incubator of new firms, Arnault has made lucrative early investments in eBay, LibertySurf( a European Internet-service provider) and Nomade( France's top Net portal).
通过个人努力以及借助控股公司及新公司孵化器 Europe@web ，阿诺尔特成为 eBay 、 LibertySurf （一家欧洲网络服务供应商）以及 Nomade （法国最大的门户网站）早期的投资者，并因此获利甚丰。
SING AT NIGHT One of Singapore's top portals for nightlife, food and entertainment, Metroage should be your first Web stop if you want to know what's in and what's out in the Lion City.
夜半歌声 Metroage （大都会年代）网站是新加坡有关夜生活、美食及娱乐的顶级门户网站之一，如果你想知道在这座狮城室内和室外的旅游项目，它应该是你访问的第一个站点。
SING AT NIGHT One of Singapore's top portals for nightlife, food and entertainment, Metroage should be your first Web stop if you want to know what's in@ and what's out in the Lion City.
夜半歌声 Metroage （大都会年代）网站是新加坡有关夜生活、美食及娱乐的顶级门户网站之一，如果你想知道在这座狮城室内和室外的旅游项目，它应该是你访问的第一个站点。
The U.S. still tops the computer infrastructure ranking, but it can't match Sweden's high social infrastructure levels.
美国在计算基础设施水平方面仍然高居榜首，但它无法瑞典的高水平社会基础设施相抗衡。
Follow links near the top of ESPN's home page to NFL.com and NASCAR.com for additional videos.
通过其主页上方的链接还可去 NFL.com 以及 NASCAR.com 收看其他录像节目。
NBCI.COM This broadband portal is neatly organized into categories such as TV, radio, news and movies, with a fresh crop of top picks selected each day.
NBCI.COM 这个宽频门户网站分类清楚，有电视、广播、新闻、电影等等，每天还列出一系列访问率最高的链接。
ATOMFILMS.COM Catch all 33 minutes of the Academy Award-winning live-action short film My Mother Dreams the Satan's Disciples in New York, or browse through the site's Top 10 lists for hundreds of amusing shorts.
ATOMFILMS.COM 在这儿，你能观赏奥斯卡获奖实况短片《我妈妈梦见在纽约的撒旦门徒》全部 33分钟内容，或者你可以看看它的十大幽默短片排行榜。
In March 1999 Legend along with Microsoft will develop low-cost et-top devices to hook televisions to the Internet through cable. 1999年 3月，联想微软一起开发低成本的顶盒，通过电缆将电视机和互联网接通。
The set-top box, which uses the Chinese version of the Windows CE operating system, will cost only about $350.
这运行中文版 WindowsCE 操作系统的顶盒价格仅为 350美元左右。
Once this is accomplished, Legend plans to build computers and set-top boxes that steer customers, via cable, straight to Cyberworks Network of the World website( envisioned as an Asian version of America Online).
实现这一步骤之后，联想计划制造各电脑和顶盒，通过电缆将客户直接带入盈科数码动力下属的网站 NOW （ NetworkoftheWorld ）（计划成为亚洲的美国在线）。
Liu's unit was allowed to work without the usual shackles of central planning, such as production quotas, the inability to hire and fire workers and top-heavy management.
柳传志的单位可以不受统一规划的束缚，如生产指标、无权雇用或辞退工作人员及过分臃肿的管理层等。
China's top appliance maker aims to show that its old-school model can succeed in a new, new world Chinese fridge manufacturer Wang Gouduan, a man with only 7 years formal education, is proving you don't have to be a Netrepreneur to take on the world.
中国头号家电制造商要向世人表明，一些旧型号产品仍能在一个全新的世界中获得成功仅受过七年正式教育的中国冰箱生产商王国端在向人民证明，不用做一名网络创业者，照样可以征服世界。
Last year Kelon produced 2.2 million, making it one of the world's top manufacturers.
去年，科龙的冰箱产量达到 220万台，成为世界上最大的冰箱制造商之一。
Icon Medialab snatched about 15 top people from the big players last year.
去年， IconMedialab 从一些大公司那里挖来了大约 15名高层职员。
Top speeds vary according to road-surface roughness, incline and the strength of the eco-friendly power source a leg.
依路面的平整度、坡度以及环保能源（人腿）的强度大小，滑行速度不尽相同。
The trend has also taken off in Australia and the U.S., where the Razor( the American name for the Micro) is one of the top-selling items for upscale gadget retailer the Sharper Image.
随后，它开始在澳大利亚和美国风行起来。在美国高档商品零售商 SharperImage ， Razor （美国人给 Micro 起的名字）的销量居零售产品之首。
Light, compact and foldable Parking is never a problem They 've fun for the whole family THE CONS Top speed limited by leg cramps Cool for now, but for how long?
重量轻、积孝可折叠不存在存车的问题会给全家人带来欢乐缺点：
The annual attack of influenza has bolstered the bottom lines of two of Europe's top drug companies When one of the worst outbreaks of influenza in a decade sent people around the world to bed with coughing, fever and chills, it was hard to imagine a better moment to offer the public a simple treatment more effective than aspirin.
每年一次的流行性感冒为欧洲两家顶级制药公司带来了丰厚的利润正当 10年来爆发的最严重的流行性感冒之一使得世界各地的人们因咳嗽、发烧和发冷而卧床不起时，不难想象，此时正是向公众推荐一比阿司匹林更为有效的简单药物的最好时。
Some top-end restaurants will add a 10% service charge to the bill.
有些高级的饭店会在帐单里加收 10%的服务费。
If you're at a top-end hotel, international standards apply, so expect to pay 500-1,000 won per bag.
如果你下榻的是最高级饭店，就要按国际规范行事。
While Australia's wine matches the best in the world in technical expertise, there is something special about the taste of the country's top blends that has made it an irreplaceable flavor in many of the world's great wine cellars.
澳大利亚的葡萄酒酿造工艺赶得上世界上最好的国家，他们的顶级产品有一种特殊的味道，成了世界上许多大葡萄酒窖不可替代的收藏品。
They scare every French winemaker because the quality that goes into a $10 bottle of Australian wine is exactly the same quality that goes into the top of their line.
他们把全法国的葡萄酒生产商都吓坏了，因为一瓶十美元的澳大利亚葡萄酒品质与法国最好的产品不相上下。
" Australia is now seen as a credible dinner-party wine, " says Simon Farr, a director of Bibendum, one of London's top wine shops.
伦敦最高档的葡萄酒商店之一比本达姆公司董事西蒙·法尔说：现在，澳大利亚葡萄酒被认为是值得信赖的晚宴用酒。
Most ordinary humans can't dunk from the foul line or do what M.J. did against the Utah Jazz in Game 6 of the 1998 finals, faking his defender, stopping at the top of the key, 5.2 seconds on the clock, firing off a shot swish ! holding the pose, wrist cocked, end of game, end of career.
没有人能像他那样从罚球线跳起扣篮，或者像他在 1988年决赛对犹他爵士队的第六场比赛中那样，晃过防守队员，在终场前 5.2秒于罚球弧顶端投球命中──太棒了！那个美的投球姿势是整场比赛的巅峰，也是篮球运动的巅峰。
The women's game is far more competitive at the top, and powerhouse women's teams like Russia and Cuba make any American outfit earn its medal.
悉尼的女子篮球冠军之争比男子比赛要激烈得多，俄罗斯和古巴等国都具备了夺冠的实力。
Their sponsor, Mr. Parizio Bertelli, Prada couture house CEO, offered to pay for the Olympic campaigns of three top New Zealand-based sailors if they would coach the Italian team.
船队赞助商普拉达时装公司首席执行官帕里奇奥·贝尔泰利邀请三位新西兰顶尖水手出任这支意大利帆船队教练。作为回报，他将负责这三位选手参加奥运会的各种费用。
Their Australian born captain, the world's top-ranked match racer Peter Gilmour, lived in Japan for three years to satisfy the Cup's crew-nationality rules.
该船队的船长为世界顶尖帆船赛选手皮得 ( FW) 吉尔摩。为了达到杯赛在船员国籍方面的各项要求，这位出生在澳大利亚的选手在日本居住了 3年。
Though their budget wasn't ranked in the top five, they won the Cup 5-0 against defender Dennis Conner of the San Diego Yacht Club.
虽然这支新西兰船队当时在财力方面未能进入前五名，但它以 5比 0的辉煌战绩击败了来自圣迭戈帆船俱乐部的卫冕冠军丹尼斯 ( FW) 康纳船队。
In Auckland, public and private investment has topped US$ 63 million for everything from new bars and restaurants * to a special America's Village for teams and boats.
在奥克兰，政府与私人企业在美洲杯帆船赛运动员村建酒吧、修餐馆等各方面的投资总额已经突破 6， 300万美元。
Figuring that things that sold well by mail would do well online, he made a list of the Top 20 mail-order products and looked for where he could create " the most value for customers. "
他想，通过邮购这种方式卖得好的东西拿到网上也会很火。他列出了销量最大的 20种邮购品，然后着手探索一种可以为客户创造最大价值的方式。
April 1-30 Artisan screens the film at 40 colleges in the top 20 markets across the county.
4月 1日至 30日亚蒂逊公司在美国全国 20个主要电影市场所在地的 40所大学放映该片。
Keenly aware of the formidable competition in the medium-priced casual-wear business, Ying visits his stores daily to check the clothes and the store layouts, and to ensure that his employees are on top of things.
邢李火原非常清楚，中档休闲装行业的竞争异常激烈。为此，他每天都去自己的专卖店，察看那里的服装及陈设，以确保自己的员工在各个方面都能做到细致入微。
That atmosphere of common cause is being recaptured musically by the pop single Tomber la Chemise - the first Top 40 hit by Zebda, a 10-year-old group from Toulouse, France, that has made promoting social healing its central mission.
这种各族人民团结一致、共赴未来的氛围在《脱下你的球衫来》这首流行歌曲中也有所体现。它是 Zebda 乐队推出的 40首风靡一时的歌曲中的第一首。这支乐队来自法国图卢兹市。成立 10年来，它一直以促进社会和解为己任。
The upbeat, reggae-flavored Tomber la Chemise topped the French charts.
歌声欢快、带有些许牙买加音乐风格的《脱下你的球衫来》登上法国流行音乐排行榜第一名。
With Tomber la Chemise reaching the top of the charts in France and gaining adherents for Zebda in Spain and even Canada, Cherfi says the challenge now is to hang onto the new fans without betraying the band's dedication to heavier, more troublesome issues.
随着《脱下你的球衫来》登上法国流行音乐排行榜榜首，并逐步在西班牙甚至加拿大为 Zebda 乐队赢得更多的追随者，彻尔弗说，现在的问题是，乐队在赢得更多乐迷的同时，不要背弃乐队的一大宗旨：关注更沉重、更棘手的社会问题。
The two biggest were incorporated into the regalia of the British monarchy, with the 530-carat Star of Africa topping the royal scepter and the 317-carat Cullinan II prominent in the Imperial State Crown that Queen Elizabeth wears each year for the State Opening of Parliament.
两颗最大的钻石用在英王室的宝器上。 530克拉的非洲之星嵌在权杖顶端， 317克拉的卡利南二号镶于王冠之上。每年议会开幕式上，伊丽莎白女王都要佩带这顶王冠。
In the next century, they say, we may see hurricanes that far exceed Floyd's top sustained winds and approach a hurricane's upper limit of 290 km/h.
他们说，我们在下个世纪会看到风力远远超出弗洛伊德最高持续速度的飓风，最高风力可达每小时 290公里。
By that formula, sustained winds in future hurricanes could conceivably top 320 km/h.
根据这个公式，可以想象未来飓风的持续风速可达到每小时 320公里。
Rock stars( Sugar Ray's Mark McGrath), actors( George Clooney) and athletes( nearly the entire Anaheim Angels baseball team) are tipping their hair blond or going completely platinum. Tipping bleaches just the tops of their short spiky strands, leaving their roots long and exposed.
摇滚歌星休格·雷乐队的马克·麦格拉思，演员乔治·克卢尼和运动员（几乎所有的 AnaheimAngels 棒球队队员）都把他们的头发梢染成金黄色或银灰色，漂白他们的像钉子一样的头发梢，而把根部保留原来的颜色。
He has no record in the Top 30, and his biggest hit, Born in the USA, is approaching its 15th birthday.
他从未进入排行榜前 30名，他的最轰动作品--《生在美利坚》现在都快有 15年历史了。
The development has not gone unnoticed by traditional phone companies, which are trying to build IP networks to run on top of their legacy systems.
传统电话公司也已注意到这种发展趋势，它们正在努力修建可在传统通讯系统上运行的 IP 网络。
Family.com owns the top spot for parents in search of guidance on the care and feeding of their little ones.
Family.com 提供有关婴儿养育保健方面的指导，成为最受家长们注意的网站。
The ever growing Web already has hundreds of millions of sites, most organized into three top level domains:. com,. net and. org.
不断增长的互联网已经有数亿个地址，大部分都排入三个顶级域名中：. com ，. net 和. org 。
James Crow, CEO( Chief Executive Officer) of Level 3, an upstart telecommunications company based in Omaha, Nebraska, says, " Many people think loyalty is something that members of an organization owe the leadership, but loyalty always starts at the top and is reflected down to the bottom. "
总部设在内布拉斯加州奥马哈市的新秀 Level3电信公司的首席执行官詹姆斯·克罗说：许多人认为忠诚是一个组织的成员对领导的行为，可是，忠诚总是从顶层开始的，然后才反映到底层。
Eat " natural " peanut butter, the kind in which the oil rises to the top.
多吃天然的花生酱，即油脂浮在表层的那一种。
G. H. Parker reasoned that if, for example, a flatfish's left eye migrated when the right optic nerve was on top, there would be a twisting of nerves, which might be mechanically disadvantageous.
G.H.帕克（Parker）推理道：例如，设若在右视觉神经位于上部时，比目鱼的左眼进行移位，则两根神经将有可能缠绕在一起，而这在技术细节上将可能是不利的。
Laksmi Mittal an Indian born steel tycoon enjoyed the biggest increase in personal fortune. His net worth has quadrupled to thirteen billion dollars making him the world＇third richest man. Ingvar Kamprad founder of the Swedish furniture chain Ikea also saw a big increase in wealth taking him to sixth place. Developing countries make more of a showing than in past years - there are for example three Russians and four Indians in the top sixty richest people though surprisingly perhaps none from China excluding Hong Kong. Asian wealth is probably under-represented as its usually spread among families whereas Forbes looks at individuals.
出生在印度的钢铁大亨拉什米-米塔尔的个人财富增长最快，他的净资产增长了四倍达130亿美元，使他成为了世界上第三位富有的人。瑞典宜家家居的创始人英格瓦-卡普拉德也因财富的迅速增长而上升到了第六位。发展中国家同过去相比已经有了善好的表现。除香港外，尽管前60名中没有一个来自中国内地，但是却有3个俄罗斯人和4个印度人进入。不过亚洲的统计可能不具代表性，因为他们通常都是家族式发展，而《福布斯》看重的是个人。
When the world's wealthiest nations meet at the G8 summit next week in Gleneagles, Scotland, Africa's development will top the agenda set by British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
当世界上最富有的国家下星期在苏格兰的格伦伊格尔举行八强首脑会议时，非洲的经济发展问题将成为英国首相制定的议事日程的首要项目。
Voters in Iran will have to go to the polls for a runoff election to determine, which of the top two finishers in Friday's election will be president. The surprise finish in the first round sparked controversy.
伊朗选民必须进行决选投票，以决定在星期五的选举中得票最高的两名候选人中，谁将成为伊朗总统。第一轮投票令人意想不到的结果引发了争议。
In a stunning upset, Tehran mayor Mahmood Ahmadinejad, a hard-line conservative who was not considered in the top tier of candidates before the election, squeaked into second place and the runoff vote.
在选举前并没有被视为主要竞争者的强硬、保守的德黑兰市长马哈茂德·艾哈迈迪内贾德令人意外地击败对手，侥幸获得第二位，进入决选。
The discussions were chaired by Britain's top financial official, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, who praised his colleagues for reaching the agreement ahead of a G8 summit next month in Gleneagles, Scotland.
这次会议由英国财政大臣布朗主持，布朗对与会各国财政部长们在下个月苏格兰格伦伊格尔斯的八大工业化国家峰会前达成协议表示赞赏。
The top U.S. military officer, General Richard Meyers, said Thursday an initial look at camp records did not turn up any incident that would confirm the Newsweek report.
美国军方高级将领理查德·迈尔斯将军星期四说，对关塔纳摩湾监狱记录的初步调查没有发现任何可以证实《新闻周刊》报导的情况。
Much of the opposition to Mr. Bolton stems from his blunt criticism of the United Nations, including a quip several years ago that the U.N. could get along fine without the top ten floors of its New York headquarters, which house its top officials.
很多人反对博尔顿出任驻联合国大使，是因为他过去发表了很多对联合国直言不讳的批评。几年前，他曾讽刺说，如果联合国纽约总部高层官员办公的最上面的10层楼都没有了的话，联合国可以照样运作。
The secretary-general's remarks came Thursday at a reunion seminar of current and past U.N. spokesmen. Answering a question from a former top U.N. official, Mr. Annan defended the world body's role in the scandal-plagued Iraq oil-for-food program. He said The United States and Britain, as members of the Security Council Committee that authorized and oversaw the program, had turned a blind eye to oil smuggling by Saddam Hussein's government.
安南这番话是星期四在前任和现任联合国发言人的聚会上说的。安南在回答一名前联合国高官提问时，为联合国在备受丑闻困扰的伊拉克石油换食品项目中扮演的角色进行辩护。他说，美国和英国作为授权监督这个项目的安理会委员会成员国，对萨达姆政府走私石油行径视若无睹。
A top North Korea envoy visited Beijing earlier this week amid reports Pyongyang had agreed to return to the talks as early as mid-May, though Spokesman Boucher said no such word has been conveyed to Washington.
这个星期早些时候，一位北韩高级特使访问了北京，与此同时有报道说，平壤同意最早可能在5月中旬重返谈判桌。但是鲍彻说，美国没有收到这样的信息。
Negotiators for the major political groups in Iraq say they plan to reopen the Iraqi parliament by Tuesday and announce the new government's top leaders. Negotiators are trying to include as many groups as possible in the new government, but they are also under pressure from Iraqis who are expressing growing frustration over the delays.
伊拉克各主要政治团体的谈判代表说，他们计划在星期二之前重新召集议会，并且宣布新的政府最高领导人。谈判代表们试图让尽可能多的政治团体加入新政府。但是他们同时也承担着压力，因为伊拉克人对新政府迟迟无法组建表现出越来越多的不满。
At the top of the Forbes list for the 11th straight year: Microsoft founder Bill Gates. He's worth more than $46 billion and gives much of his money away to charity. Coming in second, American investor Warren Buffett. Third on the list is Indian steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal, shown last year at the wedding in France of his daughter.
连续11年在《福布斯》杂志名单上列名世界首富的是微软创始人比尔盖茨。他的身价超过460亿美元，不过他把大部份的钱都捐给了慈善机构。排名第二的是美国的投资者华伦巴菲特。第三名是印度钢铁大亨米塔尔，在法国他的女儿的婚礼上曾露面。
It was also a very good year for Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of Ikea, the Swedish discount furniture chain. Bargain shopping put the chairman of Wal-Mart, S. Robson Walton, among the top ten billionaires. Four other Waltons were right behind him. The five Walton family members are worth more than $90 billion.
对瑞典折扣家具连锁店宜家家居的创始人坎普拉德来说，去年是个成功的一年。捡便宜的消费者把沃尔玛总裁沃尔顿推上了十大富豪的名单。另外四个沃尔顿家族成员的排名也紧跟在后。这五人的财产加起来超过900亿美元。
The president may say that the American voters ratified his policies, but his critics in Congress believe otherwise. On CNN's Late Edition, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, Michigan's Carl Levin, said questions remain about the administration's conduct of the war.
布什总统可能会说美国选民支持他的伊拉克政策，但是国会中他的批评者却不这么认为。参议院武装军事委员会最重要的民主党人、来自密歇根州的参议员卡尔·列文在美国有线新闻网的晚间节目中说，他对于布什政府在伊拉克战争问题上做法还存在疑问。
The Bush administration says it continues to believe there should be term limits for top U.N. officials. Among those nearing the end of his second term is the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei.
布什政府仍然认为应该对联合国高层官员实行任期限制。第二任任期快要结束的联合国高层官员当中，包括国际原子能机构总干事巴拉迪。
Tensions between Mohamed ElBaradei and the Bush administration pre-date the war in Iraq, when he questioned U.S. intelligence. During an appearance on CNN's Late Edition program, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Delaware's Joseph Biden, said he has confidence in the IAEA's director general. "I have found him to be a pretty straight shooter. He hasn't given the administration what he wanted to hear. He turned out to be right about Iraq and weapons of mass destruction," he said.
巴拉迪和布什政府之间的紧张关系可以追溯到伊拉克战争开始的时候，当时他对美国的情报提出置疑。美国参议院外交关系委员会民主党籍资深参议员拜登在接受美国有线电视新闻网CNN晚间节目的采访时说，他信任联合国原子能机构的这位总干事。拜登说，“我认为他是一个很直率的人。他没有说白宫喜欢听的话。结果证明他对伊拉克以及大规模杀伤性武器的推测是正确的。”
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld approved a request from the top U.S. commander in Iraq to extend the rotations of more than 10,000 American troops in the country, while at the same time ordering the deployment of an additional 1500 active duty soldiers. That would put the total number of American troops in Iraq about 150,000 the most since the U.S. led invasion in March of last year.
国防部长拉姆斯菲尔德批准了驻伊拉克美军最高指挥官的要求，把1万多名目前驻扎在伊拉克的美国部队的轮调期延长，同时下令向伊拉克增派1千5百名现役军人。这将使驻伊美军的总人数达到15万人，这是去年三月美国攻入伊拉克以来最多的兵力。
The new secretary-designate came to the United States from Cuba as a small boy. The president said Mr. Gutierrez understands American business from the first rung on the ladder to the very top, noting he began his career with the Kellogg Company as a truck driver, delivering boxes of cereal in Mexico City.
新提名的商务部长从古巴来到美国的时候还是一个小男孩。布什说，古提雷兹了解美国商界从最低层到最顶层的各个环节。最开始，他在凯洛格是个卡车司机，在墨西哥城运送一箱箱的谷物早餐食品。
Topping the president's domestic agenda are tax reform and overhauling Social Security, the massive government program that uses special tax revenue to provide pensions for the elderly. Tough fights with Congress are expected, and there are signs the president wants a strong group of top advisors that is well respected on Capitol Hill and capable of selling his proposals to lawmakers.
布什总统国内政策的当务之急是税收改革和重组社会安全保障体系，也就是利用特别税收为老年人提供养老金保障。和国会的激烈冲突是在所难免的。 已经有种种迹象表明，布什总统希望有一个既受国会尊重、又有能力让立法者们接受其建议的高级顾问小组。
When asked about the possibility of a change at the top of the Treasury Department, White House Spokesman Scott McClellan said John Snow has been a valuable member of the economic team, but he also said the president is taking a look at his Cabinet as he prepares for a second term, and that different challenges could necessitate different talents.
当被问到财政部高层是否有可能改组时，白宫发言人麦克莱伦说，斯诺一直以来都是经济团队中很重要的成员。但是他同时表示， 布什总统在为第二个任期作准备时也在考虑他的内阁成员的组成。他还说，不同的挑战可能需要不同的人才。
The top Democrat on the Armed Services panel voiced a different view. Senator Carl Levin of Michigan told CNN's Late Edition that, once the situation in Fallujah is under control, efforts must be made to get the Sunnis involved in the political process. "As brilliantly as our military has fought, we have not seen an equal adeptness on the part of this administration in planning for the aftermath of either the attack against Iraq or in Fallujah," he said.
参议院武装部队委员会的资深民主党籍参议员的看法则不同。来自密西根州的参议员莱文在有线电视新闻网CNN的晚间新闻专访节目上说，一旦费卢杰的局势得以控制，必须要设法让逊尼派穆斯林参与政治进程。 莱文说：“虽然我们的军队在作战中表现非常英勇，但是我们的政府在制订方案，应对攻打伊拉克，攻打费卢杰以后的局势方面却逊色很多。”
Top Bush administration officials say a plan is in place to deal with insurgents in Iraq. The president's foreign policy advisors stress the insurgency will not derail Iraqi elections scheduled for early 2005.
布什政府高层官员说，政府已经制定出一项对付伊拉克反叛活动的计划。总统的外交政策顾问强调说，反叛活动不会干扰伊拉克定于2005年初举行的大选。
"Well right now our top priority is making sure that residents and people know they should stay where they are," she said. "We have many people evacuated to other states and throughout our state and we are working to clear the roads and make it safe for them, but at this point it is not. The majority of casualties happen following a storm, not during a storm, and so we are asking people to stay in place and stay safe. Stay out of standing water that can have downed power lines or sharp debris."
莫斯泰勒说：“目前我们的当务之急是努力确保居民和民众知道，他们应该继续呆在避难所。有许多人已被疏散到了其他州。我们目前正在全州境内努力清理道路，以使这些道路能给民众带来安全。不过目前，这些道路并不安全。伤亡的大部份是在风暴后，而不是在风暴过程事发生的。因此我们提请民众原地不动，注意安全。不要到积水中去，那里可能有刮倒的电线，或锋利的瓦砾碎片等。”
The U.S. administration is warning Iran against pursuing a nuclear weapons program, which it calls a threat to international security. But Washington and its European allies differ on how best to pressure Iran to stop. U.S. officials say Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapons program and must be stopped. "We cannot let Iran, a leading sponsor of international terrorism, acquire nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them to Europe, most of central Asia and the Middle East, or beyond," said John Bolton, the top State Department official on arms control and security issues. "Without serious, concerted, immediate intervention by the international community, Iran will be well on the road to doing so."
美国政府警告伊朗不要继续发展核武器，认为这对国际安全造成了威胁。然而，华盛顿和欧盟在如何最好的给伊朗施压方面存在分歧。美国官员说，伊朗必须停止发展核武器。博尔顿是美国国务院负责武器控制和安全问题的最高官员。博尔顿说：“我们不能让伊朗这样一个支持国际恐怖主义的主要国家获得核武器， 以及把这些武器发射到欧洲、中亚和中东大部份地区，或者更远地方的运载工具。国际社会如果不立即采取认真的协调行动及时进行干预，伊朗就会沿着这条路继续走下去。”
Addressing the convention Wednesday, Congressman Ike Skelton, top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, had this indirect criticism of Bush administration support for U.S. troops in Iraq.
星期三，众议院军事委员会的民主党领袖艾克·斯凯尔顿在大会发言中在驻伊美军问题上对布什政府进行了间接批评。
Speaking to VOA by satellite telephone from Darfur, one of the top military spokesman for the Justice and Equality Movement, Colonel Omar Adam, says the Darfur rebel group met recently with Beja Congress members in neighboring Eritrea.
正义与平等运动高层军事发言人奥马尔·亚当上校通过卫星传送电话接受了本台采访。他说，达尔富尔反政府武装组织最近在邻国厄立特里亚会见了贝贾大会的成员。
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