一直纠结英语专业八级的一个改错真题：They quickly brought down the age at marriage for both men and women and brought the birth rate to a twentieth century height __1__ after more than a hundred years of steady decline,producing the “baby boom.” （将height改为high/peak）height也有高峰的意思,为什么用在这里不可以?
问题描述：
一直纠结英语专业八级的一个改错真题：
They quickly brought down the age at marriage
for both men and women and brought the birth rate to a twentieth century height __1__ after more than a hundred years of steady decline,producing the “baby boom.”
（将height改为high/peak）
height也有高峰的意思,为什么用在这里不可以?
答
height一般都是指物理高度,实际存在并可实际测量的,有具体数值可参考,而high/peak则是不同,表达高峰等这样一个参量的时候,用在这里才比较妥当.