单词 | higher |
释义 | higher (once / 59 pages) adj When something is described as higher, it's more advanced, difficult, or complex. Higher education is what you learn in college or graduate school, and it's more complicated than high school. You're most likely to see the adjective higher being used to specify a type of education or schooling. Higher finance is likewise an area of banking or investing that's extremely complex because it involves enormous amounts of money. In Scotland, a Higher is a specific, high-level graduation certificate that qualifies students to enter a university. WORD FAMILYhigh: height, higher, highest, highly, highness, highs+/height: heights/highness: highnesses USAGE EXAMPLESAdvocates say that this limits options for children who may find relief with higher levels of THC. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) It will also see the distance between Mars and Venus get smaller as Venus gets higher each night. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Time will tell if multiple tours raise that rate even higher in the children of Iraq war veterans. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj advanced in complexity or elaboration higher finance higher mathematics Syn high greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount 2adj of education beyond the secondary level higher education higher learning Syn high greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount |
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