sky-high

英 [ˌskaɪ ˈhaɪ]

美 [ˌskaɪ ˈhaɪ]

adj./adv.  极高的; 太高的

牛津词典

adj.

• 极高的；太高的
  very high; too high
  1. His confidence is still sky-high.
     他依旧信心十足。
  2. sky-high interest rates
     极高的利率

柯林斯词典

• ADJ (价格)极高的，昂贵的;(信心)高昂的，十足的
  If you say that prices or confidence aresky-high, you are emphasizing that they are at a very high level.
  1. Christie said: 'My confidence is sky high.'
     克丽丝蒂说：“我现在信心十足。”
  2. ...the effect of falling house prices and sky-high interest rates.
     房价下跌和利率暴涨产生的影响
  3. Sky highis also an adverb.
     
  4. Their prestige went sky high.
     他们名声大噪。

英英释义

adv

• to a very high level
  1. prices have gone sky-high
  2. garbage was piled sky-high
  3. the men were flung sky-high by the explosion
• in a lavish or enthusiastic manner
  1. he extolled her virtues sky-high
  Synonym:enthusiastically
• (with verb `to blow') destroyed completely
  1. they blew the bridge sky-high
  2. the committee blew the thesis sky-high

双语例句

• They blew the bridge sky-high; the Committee blew the thesis sky-high.
  他们把桥炸上了天；委员会把那篇论文扔到天上去了。
• Prices are sky-high at the moment.
  眼下物价高得上了天。
• Obama is well in-formed enough to know that sky-high malpractice-insurance rates and defensive medicine drive up health costs.
  奥巴马了解到了足够的信息，知道过高的医疗事故的保险率和防卫式医疗使得医疗成本高得惊人。
• I used a wide angle lens angled up in order to make this already high swinger seem sky-high.
  我用广角镜头成角度的向上的为了使这个已经很高的打秋千者似乎极高。
• The critics gave sky-high praise to the drama.
  批评家们把那部戏剧捧上了天。
• A single seller can raise the price of a good sky-high in order to earn extra profits.
  为了获得超额利润，一个销售者可单方面大幅度提高某一商品的价格。
• The building was blown sky-high.
  大楼被炸得飞上了天。
• The seller can ask a sky-high price; the buyer can make a rock-bottom offer.
  漫天要价，就地还钱。
• It is far too easy to blame the crisis of capitalism on global finance and sky-high executive salaries.
  将资本主义危机归咎于全球金融和高得离谱的高管薪酬实在太简单了。
• Part of China's sky-high housing prices comes from this dependency, as we've highlighted in the past. That's both driven up prices and encouraged over-investment in the sector via shadow lending.
  房价一直在上涨，高房价一部分来自于这样的依赖，我们在过去强调，这是驱动价格上涨和过度投资的原因，甚至是影子贷款部门。