pinnacle

絶頂、頂点

人や物事が最も大きな成功を収める時点。

やさしい英語で： The point when someone or something is most successful or achieves the most.

• This victory was the pinnacle of his career.
• She reached the pinnacle of success at thirty.
• Many players regard an Olympic medal as the pinnacle of sporting achievement.

使い方： the pinnacle of something (Winning the award was the pinnacle of her career.)

類義語： peak, high point, zenith

反対語： low point, nadir

よく使う表現： pinnacle of success, reach the pinnacle, career pinnacle

頂点、頂上

物のいちばん高いところ。

やさしい英語で： The very top of something.

• Snow covered the mountain's pinnacle.
• We finally reached the pinnacle of the ridge.
• From the pinnacle, she could see the entire valley.

使い方： the pinnacle of something (A flag flew from the pinnacle of the tower.)

類義語： top, peak, summit

反対語： bottom, base

よく使う表現： the pinnacle, pinnacle of something

岩峰、尖峰

先端が鋭くごつごつした、細く高い岩や山。

やさしい英語で： A tall, narrow rock or mountain with a sharp, rough top.

• A tall pinnacle rose above the valley.
• The climbers rested beside a jagged rock pinnacle.
• Wind has shaped these sandstone pinnacles over thousands of years.

類義語： spire, crag

よく使う表現： rock pinnacle, sandstone pinnacle, jagged pinnacle

小尖塔

建物やその支柱の上を飾る、小さく先の尖った塔。

やさしい英語で： A small pointed tower used to decorate the top of a building or one of its supports.

• A stone pinnacle tops each buttress.
• The cathedral's pinnacles need urgent repairs.
• Workers replaced the damaged pinnacle above the west window.

よく使う表現： gothic pinnacle, stone pinnacle, decorative pinnacle

頂上に置く

人や物を、高く尖った頂上に置く。

やさしい英語で： To put someone or something on a high, pointed top.

• They pinnacled the statue on the tower.
• The builder pinnacled a golden bird on the roof.
• The story describes a giant who pinnacles his victims on mountain peaks.

使い方： pinnacle someone/something on something (The sculptor pinnacled the figure on a narrow stone peak.)

類義語： perch

よく使う表現： pinnacle something, pinnacle someone

小尖塔を付ける

建物やその支柱に、先の尖った小さな塔を付ける。

やさしい英語で： To add small pointed towers to a building or its supports.

• The architect chose to pinnacle the tower.
• Builders pinnacled the church's outer supports.
• They plan to pinnacle both gables with carved stone ornaments.

よく使う表現： pinnacle a tower, pinnacle a buttress