You use maximum to describe an amount which is the largest that is possible, allowed, or required.
Under planning law the maximum height for a fence or hedge is 6 feet.
根据规划法,栅栏或树篱的最高高度为6英尺。
The maximum sentence for supplying illegal drugs is life imprisonment.
提供毒品最重可以判终生监禁。
China headed the table with maximum points.
中国以最高分而名列榜首。
You use maximum to indicate how great an amount is.
I need the maximum amount of information you can give me.
我需要你所能给我的最大的信息量。
It was achieved with minimum fuss and maximum efficiency.
事半功倍地了。
a maximum security prison.
安保程度最高的监狱。
If you say that something is a particular amount maximum, you mean that this is the greatest amount it should be or could possibly be, although a smaller amount is acceptable or very possible.
We need an extra 6 grams a day maximum.
我们一天最多还需要6克。
Maximum is the largest that is possible, allowed, or required.
The law provides for a maximum of two years in prison.
法律规定最长监禁时间为两年。
Twelve hours is the minimum, sixty hours the maximum.
最短十二小时,最长六十小时。