高低

高低 [gāo dī]

1. ■ （高低的程度） height:

山崖的高低 the height of a cliff;

声调的高低 the pitch of a voice

2. ■ （高下） relative superiority or inferiority; difference in degree:

难分高低 hard to tell which is better;

争个高低 vie with each other to see who is better

3. ■ （深浅轻重） sense of propriety; appropriateness; discretion:

不知高低 not know what's proper; have no sense of propriety;

说话不知高低 make inappropriate remarks

4. ■ [方] （无论如何） on any account; just; simply:

不管大家怎么劝说，他高低不听。 No matter how hard everyone tried to persuade him, he just wouldn't listen.

5. ■ [方] （到底; 终究） at (long) last:

经过几天的苦战，高低把涵洞修好了。 After days of hard work, the culvert was at last completed.

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常用词组

1. ■ 高低壁式分批 high-low walled batch drier;

2. ■ 高低法 high-low technique;

3. ■ 高低分划 {军} range scale;

4. ■ 高低归算系统 {地测} rise and fall system;

5. ■ 高低湖 {海} higher low water;

6. ■ 高低量程转换开关 high-low-range switch;

7. ■ 高低偏差 vertical deviation;

8. ■ 高低偏压校验 high-low bias check;

9. ■ 高低射标技术 bracketing technique;

10. ■ 高低水准器 longitudinal level