highly, high
这两个词都有“高”的意思。它们的区别是：
1.high除了用作副词之外,还可用作形容词或名词; 而highly只用作副词。例如:
I dare you to jump off the high wall.我量你也不敢跳过这堵高墙。
He spoke highly of the hero.他高度称赞英雄。
2.high多用于空间高度或位置等具体的事物或目标; 而highly只用于表示“很高程度地”或用于比喻意义,意为“非常地”“高度地”。例如:
How high did you climb?你攀登了多高?
It's highly desirable that we should fulfil our task a few days ahead of schedule.我们如能提前几天完成任务,那就非常好。
3.修饰形容词或分词时也大都使用highly; 而在复合词中则多用high。例如:
highly qualified高水平地; high-heeled shoes高跟鞋
a highly centralized system of government
高度中央集权的政府体制
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In many societies young men regard themselves as highly active, the agents of change, shapers of the world.
在许多社会中，年轻人将自己看成是高度活跃的分子，是变革的推动者和世界的塑造者。
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I was sometimes dumped with my grandmother or left with highly unsuitable au pairs.
有时我被扔给奶奶照看，或者被交给毫无经验的临时保姆。
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There was a highly charged atmosphere.
气氛高度紧张。
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This discovery is highly appreciated in the circle of science.
这个发现在科学界得到很高的评价.
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Such measures would be highly impracticable and almost impossible to apply.
这样的措施非常不切实际，几乎不可能付诸实施。
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The whole affair has been highly suspect.
整件事情一直都非常可疑。
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Actors have the reputation of being highly temperamental.
演员的性情变幻无常是众所周知的.
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The liquid is found in a highly concentrated form.
人们发现这种液体呈高度浓缩状.
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It was highly unlikely that their paths would cross again.
他们再次偶遇的可能性非常小。
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Its colouring makes it highly conspicuous.
它的色彩使它非常惹人注目.
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The conclusions that they come to are highly questionable.
他们得出的结论大有问题。
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Coleridge was also a highly unstable person.
科尔里奇还是个情绪非常不稳定的人。
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Highly explosive gas is naturally found in coal mines.
煤矿中天然存有高爆气体。
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Fish populations assume highly localized distributions within each river.
鱼群分布集中在每条河的某些区域.
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a highly significant discovery
有重大意义的发现
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It seems highly unlikely that she ever existed.
她好像压根就没存在过。
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His reply was highly enigmatic.
他的回答高深莫测.
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It is highly important to provide for the future.
预先做好准备非常重要.
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Many of these recipes are highly flavoured.
这些菜谱中很多都添加了极浓的调味料。
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She is highly qualified to be a teacher.
她当教师很够格.
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I picked up some highly useful old books.
我偶然得到了几本极为有用的旧书.
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Their motives for undertaking this study are highly questionable.
他们承担这项研究的动机大有问题.
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The manner of presentation is highly important.
介绍的方式很重要.
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a highly profitable business
一家赢利很高的企业
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He is in a highly impressionable state.
他正处于极易受影响的状态.
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The labouring people are highly creative.
劳动人民富于创造精神.
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She has a highly inventive mind.
她的头脑非常善于创新。
——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
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