英语单词 | highly |
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英美音标 | 英 ['haɪli] 美 ['haɪli] |
中文释义 | adv.高度地;很;非常;赞许地 |
英语例句 | (1) These procedures are highly irregular. (2) His style is offbeat but highly creative. (3) We have to admit that he's a highly competent man. (4) His style is offbeat but highly creative. |
中文例句 | (1) 这些程序是很不合乎规则的。 (2) 他的风格很不寻常但非常有创造力。 (3) 我们必须承认他是个非常能干的人。 (4) 他的风格很不寻常但非常有创造力。 |
vocabulary简明 | Highly means to a high degree, extremely. A highly dangerous substance is one to stay far away from. If you think very highly of yourself, you give yourself the thumbs up every time you walk by a mirror. |
vocabulary扩展 | Highly comes from the Old English word healice for basically, "honorably," but has also come to mean “very very.” A highly respected writer is one people look up to. A highly regarded politician will probably win an election. Highly also refers to anything that is intense or extreme. A highly flammable chemical can burst into flames easily. The -ly ending is highly common for an adverb. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADV 副词]极其;非常 Highly is used before some adjectives to mean 'very'. [ADV adj]
2 [ADV-GRADED 副词]身居高位;高级别地 You use highly to indicate that someone has an important position in an organization or set of people. [ADV -ed]
3 [ADV-GRADED 副词]高水平地 If someone is highly paid, they receive a large salary. [ADV -ed]
4 [ADV-GRADED 副词]极为(赞许);(评价)高的 If you think highly of something or someone, you think they are very good indeed. [ADV after v]
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