| 词汇 | sky-high |
| 释义 | sky-high adjective, adverb uk /ˌskaɪˈhaɪ/ us /ˌskaɪˈhaɪ/ Sky-high prices or charges are very high: （价格或收费）极高的（地），高昂的（地） The price of oil went sky-high when war broke out.战争爆发后，油价急剧上涨。 greater than the usual level or amount highHigh temperatures are set to continue into next week. high inThis cereal is high in fibre and nutrients. extremeThey live in extreme poverty. stratosphericHome prices are stratospheric around here! soaringRents are soaring while pay remains steady. Costing too much bottomless pit capital intensive cheap cheap at half the priceidiom cost an arm and a leg/a small fortuneidiom cost someone a pretty pennyidiom cost someone dearidiom costliness daylight robbery dear exorbitant gouge outprice overcharge pretty price fixing price someone out price yourself out of the marketidiom prohibitively sight sky-high | American Dictionarysky-high adjective us/ˈskɑɪˈhɑɪ/ at a very high level: Our expectations of him were sky-high. sky-high | Business Englishsky-high adjective /ˌskaɪˈhaɪ/ukus at a very high level or in very large amounts: Investor confidence is sky-high. sky-high prices/rates/interest sky-highadverb Rents have climbed sky-high. Examples of sky-highsky-high But after two years there came a terrific slump, which sent the unemployment figures sky-high. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The £200 million estimated cost would be attractive to a private developer only if tolls were sky-high. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Because there is this pressure upon the town, due to prosperity, the rents of the available houses are rocketing sky-high. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would seem they are opposed to the proposals and would actually like there to be an accident to blow everything sky-high. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Their salaries have gone up sky-high, and we are to have another £8·50 a day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He blew sky-high the actuarial consideration when he told us that actuarially the total value of the existing pensions was £40,000 million. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not just a question of showing the effects on the environment and public health of sky-high emission levels. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The proposal and the definition of a necessitous area were blown almost sky-high after they had been suggested. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Old-age pensioners usually spend their money only on food and accommodation, the price of which commodities will rise sky-high. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is far too much advertising chasing far too little advertising time in the independent television sector, with the result that prices are sky-high. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Business rates have gone sky-high and traders do not know where to turn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many people who want to obtain good package travel or holiday deal are expected to buy insurance that is often delivered at sky-high prices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Timing in this era of sky-high interest rates may be almost as important as the amounts themselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To suggest that this will lead to sky-high wage claims is nonsense. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 During the time when share prices soared sky-high, these magicians were even allowed to line their own pockets quite handsomely with share option schemes. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English See all examples of sky-high These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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