on high

釋義

1. 1

   正式

   在高處

   in a high place

   We gazed down into the valley from on high.我們從高處向下眺望山谷。

2. 2

   幽默

   高層人員

   the people in senior positions in an organization

   An order came down from on high that lunchbreaks were to be half an hour and no longer.上頭指示說午餐休息時間不得超過半小時。

3. 3

   在天上

   in heaven

   The disaster was seen as a judgement from on high.這場災難被視作上天的懲罰。

電影裡這樣說 · 10 部

• Well, everybody is on high alert.Can You Ever Forgive Me?2018
• Serizawa has all sites on high alertGodzilla: King of the Monsters2019
• God on highLes Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert2010
• Houston, Columbia on high gain, over.Apollo 112019
• We re on high alert around hereWarm Bodies2013
• Try me. I'm hot on high-level abstraction.Ex Machina2014
• President just placed the armed forces on high alert.The Tomorrow War2021
• Let's start bagging him. Keep on high flow, too.Nightcrawler2014

在完整場景裡學

• 你能原諒我嗎？2018
  • 酒吧裡被舊識搭訕：a dead giveaway（一眼就露餡的破綻）
  • 賣信要現金，求預支被拒：play the game（按圈裡的規矩來）
  • 酒吧裡被追問秘密：Spill the beans（把秘密說出來）

同一詞條的短語

• be on your high horse
• have a high old time
• high and dry
• high and mighty
• high as a kite
• in high dudgeon
• smell, stink, to high heaven
• hell or high water
• take, claim, seize, the moral high ground
• of a high order
• a high profile
• it's about time