height, altitude
这两个词都有“高,高度”的意思。它们之间的区别是:
1.height是日常用语,可指相对高度,也可指绝对高度; altitude是科技术语,主要指超过地平面或海平面等已知平面的高度,即绝对高度。例如:
This is a city with an altitude of 3848 feet.这是一座海拔3848英尺的城市。
In the high altitudes snow and ice remain all the year round.在海拔高的地方,冰雪终年不化。
2.height可用于比喻义,意为“顶点,极点”; 而altitude则无此义。
altitude，height，elevation
这些名词均有“高度”之意。
altitude指海拔高度，也指离开地面的高度。
height普通用词，指任何物体可测量到的高度，不管物体本身的高低如何。
elevation主要指山丘或耸立在地面上物体的海拔高度。
They grow to a height of 12 ins — give or take a couple of inches.
它们会长到12英寸高——出入至多几英寸。
柯林斯例句
A few simple precautions can be taken, for example ensuring that desks are the right height.
可以采取一些简单的预防措施，比如确保桌子的高度合适。
柯林斯例句
The editor at once sent the journalist a telegram instructing him to find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall.
编辑立即给这位记者发了一份电报,叫他查明台阶的准确数目以及围墙的高度.
——《用法词典》
His height had increased by 2.5 cm.
他长高了2.5厘米。
柯林斯例句
He was average height, average build, with mousy hair and a forgettable face.
他中等身高、中等身材、灰褐色头发，长着一张过目即忘的脸。
——柯林斯例句
At the height of the summer season there can be up to 42,000 people in Benidorm.
在夏季高峰期，贝尼多姆的人口可达4.2万人。
柯林斯例句
Very big waves dashed over the sea wall at the height of the storm.
在暴风雨最猛烈的时候,巨浪吞没了防波堤.
《简明英汉词典》
He was in the middle of his tenure as Oxford Professor of Poetry and at the height of his fame.
当时，他在牛津担任诗歌教授的聘期刚到一半，声誉正隆。
柯林斯例句
His height gives him an inbuilt advantage over his opponent.
他的身高成为他相对于对手的先天优势。
His height was a decided advantage in the job.
干这项工作，他的身高是明显优势。
——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
The city is a height of three hundred feet above sea level.
这座城市的高度是海拔300英尺.
《简明英汉词典》
As we gained height, the ground receded from view.
随着我们向空中升起, 地面慢慢从视野中消失.
——《简明英汉词典》
I have never had a complex about my height.
我从来没有担心过自己的身高。
——柯林斯例句
She was frightened by the height of the cliff.
她被悬崖的高度吓住了.
——《简明英汉词典》
At the speed and height at which he was moving, he was never more than half a second from disaster.
以这样的速度在这么高的地方移动，他离灾难始终只有半步之遥。
——柯林斯例句
The dam is 50 metres in height.
坝高50米.
——《现代汉英综合大词典》
At the height of her career, Orson Welles dubbed her "the most exciting woman in the world".
奥森·韦尔斯把处在事业巅峰的她戏称为“世上最令人兴奋的女人”。
——柯林斯例句
The platform was elevated to a height of five feet.
平台被升到五英尺的高度.
——《简明英汉词典》
His great height fitted him for team games.
他个头高大,适合参加团体运动项目.
——《简明英汉词典》
Plot a graph of height against age.
绘制一张身高与年龄对照的曲线图。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
The dwarf's long arms were not proportional to his height.
那侏儒的长臂与他的身高不成比例.
《简明英汉词典》
It's the height of madness to sail at the height of the storm.
在暴风雨最猛烈的时候出航可谓疯狂到了极点.
《简明英汉词典》
We work hard to reach new height.
为了达到新高峰,我们努力工作.
《简明英汉词典》
He and I are of the same height.
他跟我一样高.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
They two are about the same height.
他们俩高矮差不多.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
I think it's the height of bad manners to be dressed badly.
我认为衣着不当是最没有礼貌的行为。
柯林斯例句
Prices rise to a great height.
价格大涨.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
They were almost the same height and they moved perfectly in step.
他们几乎一样高，而且走路时步调完全一致。
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