high water mark

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However, if the extent is not allocated to a specific instance, then the blocks themselves are allocated only when the high water mark moves.
但是如果这个扩展块没有分配给一个指定的实例，那么只有当这个对象的水平线变化的时候，才会分配。
When I asked him about the Twitter partnership and if it has led to fewer people visiting their website, he noted that every day sets a new high water mark in terms of traffic from Twitter.
当我问及Twitter的合作加盟是否减少了访问Instagram自有网页的访问数量时，他强调，除了由twitter引过来的流量，每天instagram的网站都在创造用户访问的新纪录。
Even before the sentence was passed, however, Spain appeared to have reached the high-water mark of devolution.
即使在判决获得通过之前，西班牙似乎已经达到了高度的权力下放。

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(SEA/RIVER) a mark that shows the highest level that the sea or river reaches at a particular place
(SUCCESSFUL POINT) the most successful point of something