英语词汇high, highly的意思、翻译、用法及例句-英语用法大全

词组	high, highly
释义	high, highly Both high and highly are adverbs, but they are seldom used in the same situations. High is used for both literal and figurative distance up: climbed higher, rose high in the corporation, aims high, prices have gone too high. It is also used for rich living: living too high on the hog. Highly can denote high position in a scale: highly placed officials, highly paid. Most often, highly is used before an adjective or a participle in an intensive function: highly successful, highly polished, highly interesting, highly amused. Highly is occasionally used after verbs, sometimes in intensive function: • ... some of whom he respected highly —Eric F. Goldman, Harper's, January 1969 It is also used in the sense of "with approval or favor": • ... corporations thought highly of university-sponsored executive-development programs —Dun's, October 1971 • ... does not think highly of many of his films —Current Biography 1947 Copperud 1970 expresses a preference for high-priced over highly priced. When used with priced, highly seems more idiomatic before the participle than following it: • ... a short, highly priced book —Malcolm Mugger-idge, Esquire, December 1971 • ... are not priced highly —Sky and Telescope, December 1969
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