詞彙精選：elevation的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

n.

提拔；晉級；提升 [U]

例句：

His elevation to the rank of a lord has made him very proud.

他被提升貴族頭銜使他非常自豪。

例句：

His elevation to the position of General Manager was announced yesterday.

昨天宣佈他晉升總經理職位。

高度，海拔 [C]

例句：

Soon we reached a plateau at an elevation of about ninety feet.

我們很快就抵達一片高度約九十英尺的高原。

例句：

The city is at an elevation of 2000 metres.

這座城市海拔2000米。

高地；高處 [C]

例句：

The elevation always have a good view.

高處往往有好風景。

例句：

There would be no place to hide in elevation.

恐怕高處沒有藏身之處吧。

【建築】（建築物的）立面圖，立視圖 [C]

例句：

This drawing shows what the front elevation of the house will look like when it is built.

這張圖顯示這幢房子建成後正面的外觀。

例句：

We are planning to add two-storey wings on the both north and south elevations.

我們正打算在南北向的立視圖上各增加兩層配樓。

二、詞義辨析：

altitude,height,elevation

這些名詞均有“高度”之意。altitude指海拔高度，也指離開地面的高度。height普通用詞，指任何物體可測量到的高度，不管物體本身的高低如何。elevation主要指山丘或聳立在地面上物體的海拔高度。

三、參考例句：

The elevation always have a good view.

高處往往有好風景。

His elevation to the peerage caused great surprise.

他被提升爲貴族的事令人們很驚訝。

The city is at an elevation of 2000 metres.

這座城市海拔2000米。

The experiment building was at an elevation of 1000 meters.

實驗大樓坐落在海拔1000米的高度。

His elevation to the position of General Manager was announced yesterday.

昨天宣佈他晉升總經理職位。

Soon we reached a plateau at an elevation of about ninety feet.

我們很快就抵達一片高度約九十英尺的高原。

His elevation to the rank of a lord has made him very proud.

他被提升貴族頭銜使他非常自豪。

This drawing shows what the front elevation of the house will look like when it is built.

這張圖顯示這幢房子建成後正面的外觀。

For whatever reason, that little bit of elevation in the feet makes all the difference in the world.

無論何種原因，腳距離地面的這一點點高度讓世界變得大不不同。

The term "liberal arts" connotes a certain elevation above utilitarian concerns. Yet liberal education is intensely useful.

“文科”這個詞暗含某種高於實用功利的意味，但文科教育還是十分有用的。