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adj.

adv.

n.

  • 易混淆的单词：High  

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1. ADJ-GRADED 高的（不用于形容人或动植物） Something that is high extends a long way from the bottom to the top when it is upright. You do not use high to describe people, animals, or plants. 

  • ...a house, with a high wall all around it...

    四周围着高墙的房子

  • Mount Marcy is the highest mountain in the Adirondacks.

    马西山是阿迪朗达克山脉中最高的山。

  • ...distraught people who have threatened to jump from high buildings.

    曾威胁说要从高楼跳下的心神不安的人们

  • High is also an adverb.

    • ...wagons packed high with bureaus, bedding, and cooking pots.

      书桌、寝具和炊具堆得老高的运货车

Usage Note :

The word you should use to describe people, animals, or plants is tall. She was rather tall for a woman. Tall is also used to describe buildings such as skyscrapers, and other things whose height is much greater than their width. ...tall pine trees. ...a tall glass vase.

形容人、动物或植物高时应该用tall。例如，She was rather tall for a woman（她在女人中已是相当高了）。tall 也可以用来形容摩天大楼等建筑物，以及其他高度远远超过宽度的物体。例如，tall pine trees（高挺的松树），a tall glass vase（一只高挑的玻璃花瓶）。

2. ADJ 高度为…的;有…高的 You use high to talk or ask about how much something upright measures from the bottom to the top. 

  • ...an elegant bronze horse only nine inches high...

    只有9英寸高的精致青铜马雕塑

  • The grass in the yard was waist high...

    院子里的草有齐腰高。

  • Measure your garage: how high is the door?

    量一量你的车库：门有多高？

3. ADJ-GRADED （相对地面、海平面、其他人或物）高的 If something is high, it is a long way above the ground, above sea level, or above a person or thing. 

  • I looked down from the high window...

    我从高高的窗口往下看。

  • The bridge was high, jacked up on wooden piers...

    桥很高，被几个大木墩托起。

  • The sun was high in the sky, blazing down on us...

    太阳高挂在空中，火辣辣地照在我们身上。

  • High is also an adverb.

    • ...being able to run faster or jump higher than other people.

      能比别人跑得更快、或跳得更高

  • If something is high up, it is a long way above the ground, above sea level, or above a person or thing.（相对地面、海平面、其他人或物）高得多的

    • His farm was high up in the hills.

      他的农场在山的高处。

    • ...grapes grown high up on the cliff...

      生长在山崖高处的葡萄

    • We saw three birds circling very high up.

      我们看到3只鸟在高空盘旋。

4. ADJ-GRADED （数量、程度、强度等）高的 You can use high to indicate that something is great in amount, degree, or intensity. 

  • The European country with the highest birth rate is Ireland...

    人口出生率最高的欧洲国家是爱尔兰。

  • Official reports said casualties were high...

    官方报告称死伤惨重。

  • The higher the risk of lending money, the higher is the interest rate demanded by the lenders...

    贷款的风险越高，贷方索要的利率就越高。

  • High is also an adverb.

    • He expects the unemployment figures to rise even higher in coming months.

      他预计失业人数会在今后几个月里进一步攀升。

  • You can use phrases such as 'in the high 80s' to indicate that a number or level is, for example, more than 85 but not as much as 90.85以上的;接近90的
5. ADJ-GRADED （食物等）含…高的，富含…的 If a food or other substance is high in a particular ingredient, it contains a large amount of that ingredient. 

  • Don't indulge in rich sauces, fried food and thick pastry as these are high in fat.

    不要吃太多浓酱汁、油炸食品和甜腻的油酥点心，因为这些食品的脂肪含量很高。

  • ...a superb compost, high in calcium.

    富含钙的优质堆肥

6. N-COUNT 最高点;最高水平 If something reaches a high of a particular amount or degree, that is the greatest it has ever been. 

  • Traffic from Jordan to Iraq is down to a dozen loaded lorries a day, compared with a high of 200 a day...

    现在从约旦到伊拉克一天只有十几辆装货的卡车通过，而最高峰时可达到一天200辆。

  • Sales of Russian vodka have reached an all-time high.

    俄罗斯伏特加酒的销量已达到历史最高水平。

7. ADJ-GRADED （重要性）高的;重要的 If you say that something is a high priority or is high on your list, you mean that you consider it to be one of the most important things you have to do or deal with. 

  • The Labour Party has not made the issue a high priority...

    工党尚未将该问题列为优先考虑的事项。

  • Economic reform is high on the agenda.

    经济改革已成为头等大事。

8. ADJ-GRADED （地位、职位）高的，显赫的 Someone who is high in a particular profession or society, or has a high position, has a very important position and has great authority and influence. 

  • Was there anyone particularly high in the administration who was an advocate of a different policy?...

    政府中有没有哪位高层人物支持采取不同政策？

  • Every single one of the arms companies is controlled by the families of high officials.

    每一家军火公司都是由高官家族控制的。

  • ...corruption in high places.

    高层腐败

  • Someone who is high up in a profession or society has a very important position.（在某职业领域或社会）地位高，身居高位

    • His cousin is somebody quite high up in the navy...

      他的堂兄是一位海军高官。

    • You've offended somebody very high up.

      你得罪了某位高层人物。

9. ADJ 先进的;高级的;复杂的 You can use high to describe something that is advanced or complex. 

  • Neither Anna nor I are interested in high finance.

    安娜和我对巨额融资都不感兴趣。

  • ...the rise of Japan's high technology industries.

    日本高科技产业的崛起

10. ADV-GRADED 向高的目标（努力） If you aim high, you try to obtain or to achieve the best that you can. 

  • You should not be afraid to aim high in the quest for an improvement in your income...

    想让自己的收入有所提高时，你应该敢于给自己设定高的目标。

  • We just do not set our sights high enough.

    我们设定的目标不够高远。

11. ADJ-GRADED （声望、评价）高的 If someone has a high reputation, or people have a high opinion of them, people think they are very good in some way, for example at their work. 

  • She has always had a high reputation for her excellent short stories...

    她一直因其优秀的短篇小说享有很高的声望。

  • People have such high expectations of you.

    人们对你寄予重望。

12. ADJ-GRADED （质量、标准）高的 If the quality or standard of something is high, it is very good indeed. 

  • This is high quality stuff...

    这东西质量很好。

  • His team were of the highest calibre...

    他的团队水平一流。

  • Schools award scholarships for high academic achievement.

    学校向学业成绩优异者授予奖学金。

13. ADJ-GRADED 崇高的;高尚的 If someone has high principles, they are morally good. 

  • He was a man of the highest principles.

    他是个道德崇高的人。

14. ADJ-GRADED （音调）高而尖的，高的 A high sound or voice is close to the top of a particular range of notes. 

  • Her high voice really irritated Maria.

    她的尖嗓门实在让玛丽亚很恼火。

15. ADJ-GRADED （河流）水位高的 When a river is high, it contains much more water than usual. 

  • The waters of the Yangtze River are dangerously high for the time of year.

    长江的水位每年这个时候都处于危险的高位。

16. ADJ-GRADED 兴奋的;兴高采烈的 If your spirits are high, you feel happy and excited. 

  • Her spirits were high with the hope of seeing Nick in minutes rather than hours.

    她很兴奋，因为再过几分钟而不是几小时后就有希望见到尼克了。

17. ADJ 喝醉了的;（吸毒后）极度兴奋的 If someone is high on drink or drugs, they are affected by the alcoholic drink or drugs they have taken. 

  • He was too high on drugs and alcohol to remember them.

    他吸毒酗酒后处于极度兴奋状态，已经记不得他们了。

18. N-COUNT 兴奋;高兴 A high is a feeling or mood of great excitement or happiness. 
19. PHRASE 上级;上面 If you say that something came from on high, you mean that it came from a person or place of great authority. 

  • Orders had come from on high that extra care was to be taken during this week.

    上面下了命令，本周要格外小心。

20. PHRASE 陷入困境 If you say that you were left high and dry, you are emphasizing that you were left in a difficult situation and were unable to do anything about it. 

  • Schools with better reputations will be flooded with applications while poorer schools will be left high and dry.

    较有名气的学校将会收到如潮水涌至般的申请，而差一些的学校则会陷入招生困境。

21. PHRASE 起起落落;快乐和痛苦;成功和失败 If you refer to the highs and lows of someone's life or career, you are referring to both the successful or happy times, and the unsuccessful or bad times. 
22. PHRASE 到处;各处 If you say that you looked high and low for something, you are emphasizing that you looked for it in every place that you could think of. 
23.   in high dudgeon→see: dudgeon;  come hell or high water→see: hell;  to be high time→see: time; 
Noun

1. a lofty level or position or degree;

  • "summer temperatures reached an all-time high"
  • antonym： low

2. an air mass of higher than normal pressure;

  • "the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high"

3. a state of sustained elation;

  • "I'm on a permanent high these days"

4. a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics;

  • "they took drugs to get a high on"

5. a high place;

  • "they stood on high and observed the coutryside"
  • "he doesn't like heights"

6. a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12;

  • "he goes to the neighborhood highschool"

7. a forward gear with a gear ratio giving high vehicle velocity for a given engine speed

Adjective

1. greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount;

  • "a high temperature"
  • "a high price"
  • "the high point of his career"
  • "high risks"
  • "has high hopes"
  • "the river is high"
  • "he has a high opinion of himself"
  • antonym： low

2. (literal meanings) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high');

  • "a high mountain"
  • "high ceilings"
  • "high buildings"
  • "a high forehead"
  • "a high incline"
  • "a foot high"
  • antonym： low

3. standing above others in quality or position;

  • "people in high places"
  • "the high priest"
  • "eminent members of the community"

4. used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency

5. happy and excited and energetic

6. used of the smell of game beginning to taint

7. slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)

Adverb

1. at a great altitude;

  • "he climbed high on the ladder"

2. in or to a high position, amount, or degree;

  • "prices have gone up far too high"

3. in a rich manner;

  • "he lives high"

4. far up toward the source;

  • "he lives high up the river"

哲学

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  • 1.高技术产业
  • 2.high-technology industries

土木工程

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  • 1.高桩承台
  • 2.high-rise pile cap
  • 3.高强钢丝
  • 4.high-strength steel wire
  • 5.高温水
  • 6.high-temperature hot water

大气科学

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  • 1.高［气］压
  • 2.［pressure］ 水平气压场上, 气压比四周高的区域。

机械

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  • 1.高分辨质谱计
  • 2.high-resolution mass spectrometer 分辨率超过10 000的质谱仪器。
  • 3.高低温试验箱
  • 4.high-low temperature test chamber 工作空间温度在-90～+200℃之间的温度试验箱。
  • 5.大功率连接器
  • 6.high-power connector 传输数千瓦以上功率的连接器。

法律

  • 1.高级

物理学

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  • 1.高功率激光器
  • 2.high-power laser
  • 3.高频堵漏
  • 4.high-frequency plugging
  • 5.高温等离［子］体
  • 6.high-temperature plasma
  • 7.高能物理［学］
  • 8.high-energy physics
  • 9.高密度逾渗
  • 10.high-density percolation
  • 11.高耗［共振］腔
  • 12.high-loss resonator
  • 13.高自旋态
  • 14.high-spin state
  • 15.高清晰度图象
  • 16.high-definition picture
  • 17.高能核物理［学］
  • 18.high-energy nuclear physics
  • 19.大孔径透镜
  • 20.high-aperture lens, wide-aperture lens
  • 21.高能核反应
  • 22.high-energy nuclear reaction
  • 23.高衬比［胶］片
  • 24.high-contrast film
  • 25.高频放电
  • 26.high-frequency discharge
  • 27.高反射膜
  • 28.high-reflecting film
  • 29.高分辨光谱学
  • 30.high-resolution spectroscopy
  • 31.高能电子衍射
  • 32.high-energy electron diffraction, HEED
  • 33.高速照相机
  • 34.high-speed camera 又称“高速摄影机”。
  • 35.高压比环
  • 36.high-beta torus 又称“高β环”。
  • 37.高能天体物理
  • 38.high-energy astrophysics

电力

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  • 1.高压供电
  • 2.high-voltage power supply
  • 3.高放射性废物
  • 4.high-level waste, HLW
  • 5.高压母线
  • 6.high-tension bus

计算机

  • 1.【修】高；【WIN】图内[HI];= HIGH core threshold,高磁芯阈值
1. His wages are high,prices are high,too.
工资高，物价也高。

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2. The patient's running a high fever.; The patient has a high temperature.
病人烧得厉害。

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3. To live high does not mean being high in one's qualities.
一个人的生活水平高并不等于品格也高。

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4. When wages are high, prices are high.
工资高，物价也会相对的高。

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5. A good teacher should implant high ideals in children.
好教师应该把高尚理想灌输给孩子们。

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6. A high ceiling gives a feeling of airness and spaciousness.
天花板高给人一种通风和宽敞的感觉。

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7. A high degree of expertise is required for this stage of the manufacturing process.
制造流程的这一阶段需要高水平的专业知识。

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8. A high wall bars the way into his garden.
一堵高墙挡住了进他花园的路。

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9. A lot of rubbish was washed up by the high tide.
涨潮把许多垃圾冲上了岸。

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10. A man among men is he who knows when to eat humble pie and when to hold his head high.
大丈夫能屈能伸。

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11. A man of high birth may be of low worth and vice versa.
出身高贵的人可能价值低，出身微贱的人可能价值高。

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12. A man's demeanor is high and elegant.
器宇高雅。

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13. A quarrel was developing between husband and wife;it was high time I took myself off.
丈夫与妻子越吵越厉害，我该走开才是。

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14. A thin rain began to fall as he turned from the high road into a narrow lane.
当他从大路拐进一条小胡同时，开始下起小雨来。

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15. A volcano erupted and propelled rocks high into the sky.
火山爆发，把无数的石块抛向天空。

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16. A writ was filed in the High Court.
在高等法院提交令状。

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17. About 80 percent of the graduates advanced to senior high schools.
约有80%的毕业生升入了高中。

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18. After paying a high rent for the house, we still have 150 yuan left.
除去付昂贵的房租，这个月还净余150元。

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19. All around it rose, high and steep, the green hills.
四周青山突起，又高又陡。

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20. An amateur shouldn't play roulette for high stakes.
外行不该下大赌注赌轮盘赌。

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