At the expensive, better-quality end of a range of similar products. It compares one thing against others of the same type: a high-end phone is expensive and good compared with other phones, a high-end restaurant compared with other restaurants. The picture behind the word is a line of goods laid out from cheap to expensive, and this one sits at the top end.

At the expensive, better-quality end在比較貴、品質比較好的那一端 of a range of similar products在一系列同類產品裡。It compares one thing against others of the same type它是拿一個東西跟同類的其他東西比較：a high-end phone is expensive and good compared with other phones一支high-end手機比其他手機貴又好，a high-end restaurant compared with other restaurants一間high-end餐廳跟其他餐廳比也是這樣。The picture behind the word is a line of goods這個字背後的畫面是一排商品 laid out from cheap to expensive從便宜排到貴，and this one sits at the top end而這個詞指的就是排在最頂端的那個。

It is business and shopping language — shops, reviews, and news reports use it constantly — and it sounds modern and neutral, not boastful. Its opposite, 'low-end' or 'budget', is used the same way. It is used about products, services, shops, and neighbourhoods; it is not normally used about a person.

It is business and shopping language它是商業和購物用語——shops, reviews, and news reports use it constantly店家、評論，和新聞報導都常常用它——and it sounds modern and neutral, not boastful聽起來現代又中性，不算是自誇。Its opposite, 'low-end' or 'budget'它的反義詞'low-end'或'budget'（平價），is used the same way用法是一樣的。It is used about products, services, shops, and neighbourhoods它用在產品、服務、店家，和社區上；it is not normally used about a person通常不會用在人身上。

One useful thing about it: because it is a comparison, it never fixes a price. A high-end bicycle and a high-end car cost wildly different amounts. It just means 'the dear one, of this kind'.

One useful thing about it有一件關於它很有用的事：because it is a comparison因為它是個比較性的詞，it never fixes a price它從來不固定一個價格。A high-end bicycle and a high-end car cost wildly different amounts一台high-end腳踏車跟一台high-end汽車，價錢可以差非常多。It just means 'the dear one, of this kind'它只是表示「同類裡比較貴的那個」。

You may also meet 'top-end' with almost the same meaning, and 'high-end' sometimes stretches to mean 'the most powerful or advanced', as in high-end computers used for film work.

You may also meet 'top-end'你也可能會遇到'top-end'，with almost the same meaning意思幾乎一樣，and 'high-end' sometimes stretches to mean 'the most powerful or advanced'而'high-end'有時候會延伸成「最強大或最先進的」，as in high-end computers used for film work像用在影片製作上的high-end電腦。