高い
【たかい(1)】
[代表訳語]
①§高さ§high; tall
②§値段§high; expensive
③§音・声§high; loud
④§数値・程度§high
⑤§地位§high
①【高さ】high (⇔low); tall (⇔short)
━━高く
high
[使い分け]
high:§位置が高いことを示す語.
tall:§細長いものの長さに視点をおいた語.
*私の町は高い山に囲まれている My town is surrounded by high [lofty] mountains.
*キリマンジャロはアフリカ大陸でいちばん高い山です Mt. Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in the continent of Africa.
*このビルはすごく高い This building is very tall.
*あの背の高い人が志穂です That tall person is Shiho.
*妹は私より背が高い My sister is taller than me.
*この部屋は天井が高い This room has a high ceiling.
*隆は高い所が苦手だ Takashi is afraid of high places.
*鳥のように空高く飛べたらなあ I wish I could fly high (up) in the air like a bird.
*日の高いうちにすべての作業を終えることができた We could finish the whole work while the sun was still high up in the sky.
*彼はトロフィーを頭上高く上げてみせた He raised the trophy high over his head.
*このズボンはウエストの位置が高い This pair of pants has a high waist.
◆*彼女は鼻が高い She has a big [prominent] nose.（◆×a high nose） / いすを高くした I raised the seat of a chair. / （子供を抱え上げてあやしながら）高い高い Upsy‐daisy!≒Up you come!
②【値段】（値段が）high (⇔low);（お金のかかる）expensive (⇔inexpensive)
*日本は物価が高い Prices are high in Japan.
*あのホテルは（宿泊料が）高い That hotel is expensive.
*そのギターは高すぎて僕には買えない That guitar is too expensive [The price of that guitar is too high] for me to buy.
*それはとても高かったが,いい品だったので満足している Though it was very expensive, I'm satisfied with it because of its good quality.
*その本は古本屋に高く売れた I sold the book to a secondhand book store at a high price.
*彼女は私より時給が高い She gets [draws] a higher hourly wage than I [me].
*きのうより円が高くなった The yen is higher than it was yesterday.
◆*その雑誌は定価が300円も高くなった The price of the magazine soared by 300 yen. / 安い中古車は修理が必要になって結局新車を買うより高くつく場合がある Cheap used cars sometimes need to be repaired and may cost us more than new ones after all.
③【音・声】high (⇔low);（かん高い）shrill, piercing;（大きい）loud
*彼女は声が高い She has a high‐pitched voice.≒She speaks in a high pitch.
*この曲はすごくキーが高い The key of this tune is very high.
◆*しっ！声が高いよ Shh! You're speaking too loud.≒Shh! Don't speak so loud.
④【数値・程度】（数値・品質などが）high (⇔low)
━━高く
high;（大いに・好意的に）highly（◆評価・賞賛を表す動詞を修飾する）
*気温が高い The temperature is high.
*アフリカの多くの国では乳児の死亡率が高い The death rate of infants is high in many countries in Africa.
*深くもぐればもぐるほど水圧は高くなる The deeper you go in the water, the higher the pressure gets.
*この大学に入るには高い学力が必要だ Entering this university calls for high scholastic ability.
*この試合はかなりレベルの高い一戦になりそうだ This game will be of quite a high level.
*彼女は独創的な作品で高い評価を得た She ｢was highly estimated [received high estimation] for her creative works.
*私に恋人ができないのは男性に対する理想が高すぎるからだと思う I guess the reason I'm without a boyfriend is that I have too high an ideal of a man.
*イルカは高い知能をもっているという It is said that dolphins have high intelligence.
◆*彼が犯人である可能性が高い There's a strong possibility that he is the criminal.
⑤【地位】high (⇔low)
[参照]⇒おたかい
*身分の高い人 a person with a high position [rank]
*みんな高い地位に就きたがっている Everybody wants to rank high.
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