"high water mark" 中文怎么翻译?

送交者: blackbox 于 2009-04-28, 08:50:00:

回答: 奥巴马说将把GDP的百分之三投入到科研发展. 现在是多少? 由 blackbox 于 2009-04-28, 08:46:52:

Obama: Time Has Come for U.S. Science

Science: Time Is Now | Discovery News Video April 27, 2009 -- President Barack Obama pledged Monday to return the United States to a "high water mark" of scientific achievement, announcing an aim to commit three percent of GDP to research and development.

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upper limit; highest level ever reached (无内容) - meiyou (0 bytes) 2009-04-28, 09:42:57 (320574)
简单啊，"high water mark" = 高水准 - BerkeleyWolf (77 bytes) 2009-04-28, 08:55:16 (320551)
- it sounds chinglish. "科学的春天来到了" is better (无内容) - blackbox (0 bytes) 2009-04-28, 09:33:48 (320563)
- what if he said high water level? FEMA gets alerted? (无内容) - tinaliang (0 bytes) 2009-04-28, 09:01:26 (320553)

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