We encourage students to go on to college whether they are prepared or not, or have a clear sense of purpose or interest, and now have the highest college dropout rate in the world
出自-2013年12月閱讀原文
Creating the highest dropout rate in the developed world
出自-2013年12月閱讀原文
There may be some matters of life and death or highest principle, which might justify such a risk, but there aren't many things that fall in this category.
出自-2011年12月閱讀原文
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ADJ-GRADED
高的（不用于形容人或動植物）
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...
四周圍著高墻的房子
Mount Marcy is the highest mountain in the Adirondacks.
馬西山是阿迪朗達克山脈中最高的山。
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ADJ
高度為…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英寸高的精致青銅馬雕塑
The grass in the yard was waist high...
院子里的草有齊腰高。
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ADJ-GRADED
（相對地面、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...
我從高高的窗口往下看。
The bridge was high, jacked up on wooden piers...
橋很高，被幾個大木墩托起。
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ADJ-GRADED
（數量、程度、強度等）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...
人口出生率最高的歐洲國家是愛爾蘭。
Official reports said casualties were high...
官方報告稱死傷慘重。
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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.
不要吃太多濃醬汁、油炸食品和甜膩的油酥點心，因為這些食品的脂肪含量很高。
...a superb compost, high in calcium.
富含鈣的優質堆肥
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N-COUNT
最高點;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...
現在從約旦到伊拉克一天只有十幾輛裝貨的卡車通過，而最高峰時可達到一天200輛。
Sales of Russian vodka have reached an all-time high.
俄羅斯伏特加酒的銷量已達到歷史最高水平。
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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...
工黨尚未將該問題列為優先考慮的事項。
Economic reform is high on the agenda.
經濟改革已成為頭等大事。
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ADJ-GRADED
（地位、職位）高的，顯赫的
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?...
政府中有沒有哪位高層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.
每一家軍火公司都是由高官家族控制的。
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ADJ
先進的;高級的;復雜的
You can use high to describe something that is advanced or complex.
例句
Neither Anna nor I are interested in high finance.
安娜和我對巨額融資都不感興趣。
...the rise of Japan's high technology industries.
日本高科技產業的崛起
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ADV-GRADED
向高的目標（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...
想讓自己的收入有所提高時，你應該敢于給自己設定高的目標。
We just do not set our sights high enough.
我們設定的目標不夠高遠。
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ADJ-GRADED
（聲望、評價）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...
她一直因其優秀的短篇小說享有很高的聲望。
People have such high expectations of you.
人們對你寄予重望。
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ADJ-GRADED
（質量、標準）高的
If the quality or standard of something is high, it is very good indeed.
例句
This is high quality stuff...
這東西質量很好。
His team were of the highest calibre...
他的團隊水平一流。
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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.
他是個道德崇高的人。
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ADJ-GRADED
（音調）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.
她的尖嗓門實在讓瑪麗亞很惱火。
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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.
長江的水位每年這個時候都處于危險的高位。
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ADJ-GRADED
興奮的;興高采烈的
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.
她很興奮，因為再過幾分鐘而不是幾小時后就有希望見到尼克了。
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ADJ
喝醉了的;（吸毒后）極度興奮的
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.
他吸毒酗酒后處于極度興奮狀態，已經記不得他們了。
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N-COUNT
興奮;高興
A high is a feeling or mood of great excitement or happiness.
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PHRASE
上級;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.
較有名氣的學校將會收到如潮水涌至般的申請，而差一些的學校則會陷入招生困境。
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PHRASE
起起落落;快樂和痛苦;成功和失敗
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
到處;各處
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.