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单词 elevation
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elevation
noun
uk
/ˌel.ɪˈveɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌel.əˈveɪ.ʃən/

elevationnoun(OF A BUILDING)

[C]architecturespecialized
thefrontorsideof abuildingasshownon adrawing:
立面图；立视图
Thisplanshowsthefront,side, and back elevations of the newsupermarket.该示意图展示的是新超市的正、侧、后三面的立视图。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Parts of buildings in general
  • addition
  • annex
  • annexe
  • downstairs
  • extension
  • façade
  • foundation
  • frontage
  • Juliet balcony
  • man cave
  • multi-chambered
  • organ loft
  • superstructure
  • wing

elevationnoun(OF A PLACE)

[CorU]formal
theheightof aplaceabove thelevelof thesea:
海拔；高度
Atmosphericpressurevarieswith elevation andtemperature.气压随海拔和气温的变化而变化。
Thecropis notgrownat high elevations/above an elevation of 1,000metres.这种作物不宜在海拔高的／海拔高于1000米的地区种植。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
the distance from the bottom to the top
  • heightThe exact height of Everest is a matter for debate.
  • tallnessThe tallness of the building makes me dizzy.
  • statureHe was a man of short stature.
  • altitudeThe plane has reached a cruising altitude of 36,000 feet.
  • elevationThe city's elevation is 9,010 feet.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Measurements in general
  • bathymetric
  • bathymetry
  • be running atsomethingidiom
  • calibrate
  • calibration
  • distance
  • drop
  • factor
  • full-scale
  • kilo
  • knee-deep
  • lengthways
  • longways
  • metric
  • metrication
  • milli-
  • proportion
  • radius
  • scale
  • setting
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Maps & map-making

elevationnoun(HILL)

[C]formal
ahill:
丘；高地，高处
Theflagpolestandson asmallelevation infrontof thebuilding.旗杆矗立在楼前的一小块高地上。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Geography: hills & mountains
  • acclivity
  • craggy
  • esker
  • highlands
  • hillock
  • landform
  • Marilyn
  • mesa
  • mid-ocean ridge
  • motte
  • pinnacle
  • precipitous
  • scarp
  • spur
  • steep
  • the Adirondack Mountains
  • the Alaska Range
  • the Alps
  • the Andes
  • volcano
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elevationnoun(IMPORTANCE)

[U]formal
thefactof being given a moreimportantposition:
提拔；晋升；提升
His elevation to thepresidencyof the newrepublicwasgenerallypopular.总的来说，他被推举为新共和国的总统是众望所归。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Promoting staff
  • aggrandizement
  • anointment
  • ascend
  • ascension
  • career-limiting
  • exalt
  • fast track
  • free transfer
  • glass cliff
  • hand off
  • promote
  • promotion
  • rank
  • reinstall
  • reinstallation
  • relegate
  • secondment
  • subordinate
  • vault
  • wilderness
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(Definition ofelevationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

elevation| American Dictionary

elevation
noun[C/U]
us
/ˌel·əˈveɪ·ʃən/
heightabove thesurfaceof theearth, or anareathat ishigherthan thesurroundingland:
[C]Athigherelevations, theairiscolder.
(Definition ofelevationfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofelevation

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The airborne and satellite imagery reveals areas of vegetational change, linear features, elevations on which sites are located, and the course of rivers and drainages.
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However, it is still unknown if the fly infests mangoes grown at such elevations.
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The first of these strategies is transparency: at ground-level, three out of four elevations are fullyglazed so as to let passers-by view interior activity.
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Stress- and treatmentinduced elevations of cortisol levels associated with impaired declarative memory in healthy adults.
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The comparatively narrow accent range of pitch elevations throughout the period of study confirmed these physiological, linguistic, and developmental expectations.
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We expected mutually positive exchanges to characterize interactions with children without conduct symptoms and mutually angry exchanges to characterize interactions with children with clinical elevations.
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However, abdominal bristle numbers from sites at the highest elevations are considerably more plastic to temperature than the other sites.
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The maximum and minimum surface elevations are shown in figure 9(a).
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Similar elevations in blood pressure have been reported in rats antenatally treated with dexamethasone (72).
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Then, the proportion of children in each home problem profile group who exhibited significant elevations on each school problem was calculated.
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Our first hypothesis addressed whether elevations in maternal depressive symptoms would be associated with children's overall lower cortisol.
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In middle adolescence this picture was similar, although disorder rate elevations were mostly not statistically significant.
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Although the most extensively maltreated group exhibited differences on these dimensions, the developmental timing variables did not appear to account for the cortisol elevations obtained.
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Therefore, the north-south streets that already have side elevations in the original grid layout are designated for service and minor public functions.
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The structure of firewalls, circulation spine, and cantilevered floors leaves the east and west elevations free of load-bearing requirements.
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Collocationswithelevation

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average elevation
This condition means that theaverageelevationof the disturbed surface above the plane y = 0 is equal to zero, which seems physically quite realistic.
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base elevation
As a winter ski resort, it has a base elevation at 1420 metres altitude, and peaks at 2500 metres.
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digital elevation
Automated extraction of geomorphometric properties from digital elevation data.
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