- [uncountable] (formal)
the process of somebody getting a higher or more important rank 提拔；晋级；提升 his elevation to the presidency 他提升到主席的职位
- [countable, usually singular] (specialist)
the height of a place, especially its height above sea level （某地方的）高程；（尤指）海拔 - [countable] (formal)
a piece of ground that is higher than the area around 高地；高处 - [countable] (
architecture 建筑 one side of a building, or a drawing of this by an architect （建筑物的）外立面，立面图 the front/rear/side elevation of a house 房子的正面／后面／侧面立面图
- [uncountable, singular] (specialist)
an increase in the level or amount of something （水平或数量的）提高，升高，增加 elevation of blood sugar levels 血糖升高
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin elevatio(n-), from elevare ‘raise’ from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out, away’ + levare ‘lighten’