高出

He tops his father by half a head.

他比他父亲半头。

The city is built on the rock rising out of ravines.

这座城市建在谷的岩石上。

The tall building towered above all the others.

那栋大楼其他所有的建筑物。

At yesterday’s auction an old coin sold for many times more than its face value of 20 pence.

昨天的拍卖会上，一枚20便士的古币以面值多倍的价格售。

The outer parapet of the Great Wall is crenelated with merlons almost 2 m high from the base of the wall.

长城外部的低墙几乎墙体基座2米左右。

Ms Valla argued, however, that by sticking largely to using policy instruments already in its armoury the ECB had forgone potentially far higher margins.

但瓦拉称，由于该行主要是坚持使用常规的政策工具，放弃了有很多的利润率。