高低 [gāo dī]

• • （高低的程度） height:

    the height of a cliff;

    山崖的高低

    the pitch of a voice

    声调的高低

  • （高下） relative superiority or inferiority; difference in degree:

    hard to tell which is better;

    难分高低

    vie with each other to see who is better

    争个高低

  • （深浅轻重） sense of propriety; appropriateness; discretion:

    not know what's proper; have no sense of propriety;

    不知高低

    make inappropriate remarks

    说话不知高低

  • （无论如何） on any account; just; simply:

    No matter how hard everyone tried to persuade him, he just wouldn't listen.

    不管大家怎么劝说，他高低不听。

  • （到底; 终究） at (long) last:

    After days of hard work, the culvert was at last completed.

    经过几天的苦战，高低把涵洞修好了。

• 短语:
  • 高低壁式分批 high-low walled batch drier;
  • 高低法 high-low technique;
  • 高低分划 {军} range scale;
  • 高低归算系统 {地测} rise and fall system;
  • 高低湖 {海} higher low water;
  • 高低量程转换开关 high-low-range switch;
  • 高低偏差 vertical deviation;
  • 高低偏压校验 high-low bias check;
  • 高低射标技术 bracketing technique;
  • 高低水准器 longitudinal level