high gear

英 [haɪ ɡɪə(r)]

美 [haɪ ɡɪr]

高速齿轮（传动）；高速档；直接传动

英英释义

noun

• a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed
  Synonym:high

双语例句

• The American economy will be in high gear.
  美国经济将会高速发展。
• There is confusion and frustration over logging that kicked into high gear because of this change.
  由于这一变化，有关日志的困惑和挫败进一步加深。
• It was charged with responsibility for getting defense production into high gear.
  它负有使国防生产高速度进行的责任。
• I've seen him in high gear.
  我看过他真不要命。
• When the next set of gears are used, the car picks up speed. Finally, when the car is moving easily, the gears are shifted again. We say then that the car is in the high gear.
  然后第二组齿轮使汽车加速。当汽车轻快地行驶时，齿轮又变换了，这时汽车使用的是高速齿轮。
• Her mind was in high gear while studying for the art history examination.
  她在准备艺术史考试是思维十分活跃。
• This is like a car that is in third or high gear.
  这就相当于三挡或高速档。
• If the worst case happens, however, and an aircraft goes down, a combat search and rescue mission kicks into high gear to extract the aircrew from hostile territory quickly and safely.
  然而，如果最坏的情况出现了，有飞机被击落，一个战斗搜寻与救援的任务将火速下达，将机组乘员快速、安全地救出危险地区。
• Everything has been in high gear since we got a new management.
  自从我们有了新的经营管理阶层，所有工作都在高效率地进行。
• Spicy foods contain chemical compounds that kick the metabolism into high gear.
  辣味食物含有一些化合物能促使机体代谢高速运转。