| 单词 | natural elevation |
| 例句 | The situation, which was on a hill, contributed to this result, and the natural elevation was artificially increased. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z Flag signals from natural elevations and signal towers could be seen as far as 20 miles on a clear day. The Civil War Centennial Handbook 2011-10-15T02:00:27.210Z It stands on a natural elevation far above the level of the valley and so forms a very conspicuous and curious object. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z An academy spokesman, Bao Guojun, was quoted as saying the promotion was “a natural elevation” based on General Mao’s many achievements. | Asia: China: Mao?s Grandson Gets Army Promotion 2010-08-03T01:31:00Z Because the country was devoid of any great natural elevations which would give an effective setting for their buildings, the people often used substructures of varying heights and superstructures of several sorts. History of the Spanish Conquest of Yucatan and of the Itzas Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Hard University. Vol. VII. The Panama route from Colon on the Atlantic to Panama on the Pacific is about 50 miles in length, with a natural elevation nearly double that of Nicaragua. The United States and Latin America In the Pleasures of Hope we find this done with exquisite taste; but it is in his minor poems that the author’s powerful and free poetical genius rises to its natural elevation. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century There are but few points in the last five hundred miles of its course where natural elevations offer this advantage. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West Nevertheless, the natural elevation of their genius preserved them from all exaggeration. Principles Of Political Economy Capetown nestles at the foot of a vast flat-topped mass of granite unique among the natural elevations of the world. An African Adventure To the natural elevation of the location were added several hundred feet of rope, affording a bird's-eye view of Cayuga Lake, the town and far-famed adjacent scenery. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science He was apparently tired, for, seeing a slight natural elevation under a branching elm tree, he sat down, and looked thoughtfully about him. Five Hundred Dollars or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret In climate it is subtropical; in character of soil it shows a contrast of comparative barrenness and abounding fertility; and in topography it is a plain, with hardly any perceptible natural elevations or depressions. The Seminole Indians of Florida Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1887, pages 469-532 The natural elevations of the Iltis, Bismarck, and Moltke forts at the rear of Tsing-tau have another advantage in that they are so situated that they are commanded by at least two other forts. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 O'Donegan shook him by the hand, so did Corbet, and they now could understand the cause of his very natural elevation of spirits. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One As I looked pityingly upon them and the involved simplicity of their immutable natures, I realized an unconquerable feeling of inborn rank and natural elevation in respect to nationality. Across China on Foot In some cases they are undoubtedly natural elevations. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients On a platform beyond the southern entrance, formed by a natural elevation of the ground, were pitched five magnificent pavilions, adorned with pennons of russet and black, the chosen colours of the five knights challengers. Ivanhoe Some have suggested that it might be partly a natural elevation. See America First Or are these sophistries to be regarded as belonging to the age in which he lived and to his personal character, and this apparent haughtiness as flowing from the natural elevation of his position? Apology "Beaver Head," the reader will recollect, comes from a natural elevation in that region resembling the head of a beaver. First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 |
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