on high

释义

1. 1

   正式

   在高处

   in a high place

   We gazed down into the valley from on high.我们从高处向下眺望山谷。

2. 2

   幽默

   高层人员

   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.上头指示说午餐休息时间不得超过半小时。

3. 3

   在天上

   in heaven

   The disaster was seen as a judgement from on high.这场灾难被视作上天的惩罚。

电影里这样说 · 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
• Needless to say, Woodsboro is on high alert today...Scream2022
• We re on high alert around hereWarm Bodies2013
• President just placed the armed forces on high alert.The Tomorrow War2021
• Be on high alert for any robots acting erratically.The Mitchells vs. the Machines2021

在完整场景里学

• 你能原谅我吗？2018
  • 酒吧里被旧识搭讪：a dead giveaway（一眼就露馅的破绽）
  • 卖信要现金，求预支被拒：play the game（按圈里的规矩来）
  • 酒吧里被追问秘密：Spill the beans（把秘密说出来）

同一词条的短语

• 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