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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.
例句
...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。
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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.
例句
...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。
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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.
例句
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。
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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.
例句
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。
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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.
例句
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
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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.
例句
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。
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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.
例句
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。
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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.
例句
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。
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ADJ
先进的;高级的;复杂的
You can use high to describe something that is advanced or complex.
例句
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
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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.
例句
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。
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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.
例句
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。
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ADJ-GRADED
（质量、标准）高的
If the quality or standard of something is high, it is very good indeed.
例句
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。
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ADJ-GRADED
崇高的;高尚的
If someone has high principles, they are morally good.
例句
He was a man of the highest principles.
他是个道德崇高的人。
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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.
例句
Her high voice really irritated Maria.
她的尖嗓门实在让玛丽亚很恼火。
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ADJ-GRADED
（河流）水位高的
When a river is high, it contains much more water than usual.
例句
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。
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ADJ-GRADED
兴奋的;兴高采烈的
If your spirits are high, you feel happy and excited.
例句
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。
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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.
例句
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。
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N-COUNT
兴奋;高兴
A high is a feeling or mood of great excitement or happiness.
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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.
例句
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。
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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.
例句
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。
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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.
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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.