(Astronomy)the point in the orbit of the moon or a satellite at which it is furthest from the earth (天文)远地点。 perigee 的反义词 ■(figurative)the highest point in the development of something; the climax or culmination of something (喻)(事物发展的)顶峰;高潮;最终结果 the idea for that poster was the apogee of my career. 那张海报的构想是我职业生涯的顶峰。
语源
late 16th cent.: from French apogée or modern Latin apogaeum, from Greek apogaion (diastēma), ('distance) away from earth', from apo 'from' + gaia, gē 'earth'