人往高處走：high的常見意思和用法
If you would go up high, then use your own legs! Do not let yourselves carried aloft; do not seat yourselves on other people's backs and heads.
——Nietzsche
如果你想走到高處，就要使用自己的兩條腿！不要讓別人把你擡到高處；不要坐在別人的背上和頭上。
——尼采
一、下面我們來看看high有幾種含義
adj.
1.有某高度的 used to talk about the distance that sth measures from the bottom to the top
The grass in the yard was waist high.
院子裏的草有齊腰高。
2.（離地面）很高的，海拔很高的 at a level which is a long way above the ground or above the level of the sea
We saw three birds circling very high up.
我們看到3只鳥在高空盤旋。
3.（數量、質量、體積或程度）高的，超乎尋常的 greater or better than normal in quantity or quality, size or degree
The European country with the highest birth rate is Ireland.
人口出生率最高的歐洲國家是愛爾蘭。
4.先進的；高級的；複雜的 near the top in rank or status
Neither Anna nor I are interested in high finance.
安娜和我對鉅額融資都不感興趣。
5.價值高的 of great value
Membership fees at the big clubs are fantastically high.
大俱樂部的會費高得驚人。
6.含某物多 containing a lot of a particular substance
Don't indulge in rich sauces, fried food and thick pastry as these are high in fat.
不要吃太多濃醬汁、油炸食品和甜膩的油酥點心，因爲這些食品的脂肪含量很高。
adv.
1.在高處，向高處，高 at or to a position or level that is a long way up from the ground or from the bottom
You should not be afraid to aim high in the quest for an improvement in your income.
想讓自己的收入有所提高時，你應該敢於給自己設定高的目標。
2.（成本、價值）高，（數量）大 at or to a large cost, value or amount
He expects the unemployment figures to rise even higher in coming months.
他預計失業人數會在今後幾個月裏進一步攀升。
3.音調高 at a high pitch
It 's pitched a bit too high .
音調定得太高了一點。
n.
1.最高水平，最大數量 the highest level or number
Jump, jump, over the bar as high as you can go.
跳，跳，跳過去，跳出你最高的水平。
2.高氣壓區，反氣旋 an area of high air pressure; an anticyclone
A high over southern Europe is bringing fine sunny weather to all parts.
歐洲南部上空的反氣旋給各地區帶來了晴朗的好天氣。
3.（某天、某星期等的）最高氣溫 the highest temperature reached during a particular day, week, etc.
The high temperature today will only be around 68 degrees Fahrenheit.
今天的最高氣溫大約只有華氏68度。
二、你知道哪些單詞和high詞義相近嗎？
high, tall, lofty
這些形容詞均有“高的”之意。
high普通用詞，指本身高出地面之上，與low相對，不用於人。也可指程度、地位、聲音等的高，還可作引申用。
tall僅指人或物的高度，指物的“高”時，可與
high換用。
lofty書面用詞，指外觀宏偉壯麗的高聳物；用於指思想或目的時，表示崇高。貶義指 態高傲。
三、你知道high和哪些詞更搭嗎？
come hell or high water
無論困難多大 無論如何。例如：He is determined to finish the job come hell or high water.他決心無論如何都要把工作完成。
fly high
飛黃騰達；興高采烈；野心勃勃；躊躇滿志
high and low
到處,各處,上上下下;各色人等,高低貴賤的人們
high gear
n. 高速檔
四、接下來，做個填詞遊戲吧
They dragged him down from his position.
他們把他從高職位上拉了下來。
