top of the heap

基本解釋

Greenspan sought to be top of the heap.
格林斯潘一直追求的，就是這個(gè)權(quán)力的頂峰。
Going from the top of the heap to rock-bottom isn't easy, as any washed out star currently doing reality television can probably tell you.
從高峰走向谷底并非易事，就像任何一個(gè)目前做真人秀節(jié)目的過氣明星可能告訴你的一樣。
In 2006 there were 2, 700 licensed manufacturers, and countless additional smaller shops. Rising to the top of the heap is not easy.
2006年有2700家持有營業(yè)執(zhí)照的公司，還有無數(shù)的小商家，但是要爬上行業(yè)頂峰卻并不是那么容易。

Now, as an aside, there's another couple of layers at the very top above the stack and above the heap, but below the tech segment and those are called initialized data and uninitialized data.
題外話，在堆和棧的頂端,還有好幾層，但是在技術(shù)段之下,他們被叫做初始化數(shù)據(jù)和未初始化數(shù)據(jù)。
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Nearly every country at one point was on top of the heap, and all have rich heritages.
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If we accept that interpretation, Apple was easily on top of the heap during the fourth quarter.
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Chronologically, Apple is long in the tooth at the top of the heap.
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