1.在…上方;高于
If one thing isabove another one, it is directly over it or higher than it.
e.g. He lifted his handsabove his head...
他将双手举过头顶。
e.g. Apartment 46 was a quiet apartment, unlike the oneabove it...
和它楼上的那间不同,46号公寓很安静。
2.上述;在上文
In writing, you useabove to refer to something that has already been mentioned or discussed.
e.g. Several conclusions could be drawn from the results describedabove...
从上文描述的结果中可以得出几个结论。
e.g. Full details are in the tableabove.
详细信息请见上文表格。
3.(数量或度量)在…以上,超过
If an amount or measurement isabove a particular level, it is greater than that level.
e.g. The temperature crept up to justabove 40 degrees...
温度攀升至40度出头。
e.g. Victoria Falls has hadabove average levels of rainfall this year...
维多利亚瀑布今年的降雨量超过了平均水平。
4.(声音)比…更响亮,盖过
If you hear one soundabove another, it is louder or clearer than the second one.
above的近义词
e.g. ...trying to talkabove the noise...
努力使说话声高过噪音
e.g. Then there was a woman's voice, rising shrillyabove the barking.
接着,一个女人的尖厉声音盖过了犬吠声。
5.(社会地位或权威)高于
If someone isabove you, they are in a higher social position than you or in a position of authority over you.
e.g. I know you'reabove me socially, but I must say I find your attitude offensive...
我明白你的社会地位比我高,但我得说我觉得你的态度很粗鲁。
e.g. I marriedabove myself — rich county people...
我高攀了一门亲事,是县里的富有人家。
6.自视过高;妄自尊大
If you say that someoneis getting above themself, you disapprove of them because they think they are better than everyone else.
e.g. I just think you're getting a little bitabove yourself.
我只是觉得你变得有点自视过高。
7.(因自视甚高)不屑于
If you say that someone thinks they areabove something, you mean that they act as if they are too good or important for it.
above
e.g. This was clearly a failure by someone who thought he wasabove failure...
这显然是认为自己根本不会失败的人所遭遇的一次失败。
e.g. I'm notabove doing my own cleaning.
我很乐意自己做扫除。
8.不会受到(批评或怀疑);超乎…之所及
If someone isabove criticism or suspicion, they cannot be criticized or suspected because of their good qualities or their position.
above
e.g. The Queen remainsabove criticism, apart from the issue of her tax liability...
抛开她的纳税义务不谈,女王一直无可指摘。
e.g. He was a respected academic andabove suspicion.
他是位受人尊敬的学者,根本没有嫌疑。
9.比…更重要;胜过;优于
If you value one person or thingabove any other, you value them more or consider that they are more important.
e.g. ...his tendency to put the teamabove everything...
他把这个团队看得比什么都重要的倾向
e.g. I want to be honest, honestabove everything else.
我想要做到诚实,一切以诚实为上。
10. over andabove -> see over
above the law -> see law
above board -> see board
above and
over are both used to talk about position and height. If something is higher than something else and the two things are imagined as being positioned along a vertical line, you can use either
above or
over.
He opened a cupboard above the sink... She leaned forward until her face was over the basin. However, if something is higher than something else but the two things are regarded as being wide or horizontal rather than tall or vertical, you have to use
above.
The trees rose above the row of houses.above and
over are both used to talk about measurements, for example, when you are talking about a point that is higher than another point on a scale.
Any money earned over that level is taxed. ...everybody above five feet eight inches in height. You use
over to say that a distance or period of time is longer than the one mentioned.
...a height of over twelve thousand feet... Our relationship lasted for over a year.above and
over are also both used to talk about people's rank or importance. You use
above to talk about people who are more important and in a higher position than other people. ...behaving as if she was in a position
above the other staff. If someone is over you, they give orders or instructions to you. ...an officer in authority over him.
above和over均可表示位置和高度。若一物高于另一物,且两者可设想成处于同一垂直线上,则两词都可用:He opened a cupboard
above the sink(他打开水池上方的碗柜),She leaned forward until her face was over the basin(她俯身向前,把脸凑到了脸盆上方)。当一物高于另一物,但两者宽而不高,或存在水平而非垂直关系,则须用
above:The trees rose
above the row of houses(树木矗立在那排房屋的边上)。
above和over都可表示度量,例如表示一点在标度上高于另一点:Any money earned over that level is taxed(超过这一标准的收入都要纳税),everybody
above five feet eight inches in height(所有身高超过5英尺8英寸的人)。over可用于距离、时间的比较:a height of over twelve thousand feet(超过1.2万英尺的高度),Our relationship lasted for over a year(我们的关系持续了一年多)。
above和over都可指人的级别和重要性。
above用于表示比他人重要和地位较高者:behaving as if she was in a position
above the other staff(表现得好像她比其他员工职位高似的)。over用于表示某人有权下命令或指令:an officer in authority over him(一位军阶在他之上的军官)。