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  • high-flown

    英:[haɪ fləʊn]   美: [ˈhaɪˈflon] 

    high-flown 基本解释

    adj.

    颇有野心的;夸张的;

    英英释义

    high-flown[ 'hai'fləun ]

    adj.pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals)

    "high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school"

    同义词:high-soundinginflated

    of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style

    "argue in terms of high-flown ideals"

    同义词:exaltedsublimegrandhigh-mindedloftyrarefiedrarifiedidealisticnoble-minded

    high-flown 相关例句

    双语例句

    用作形容词(adj.)
    1. Such actions do not comport with your high status.
      那样的行为与你崇高的社会地位不相称。
    2. We should nourish our spirits with high ideas.
      我们应该用崇高的理想充实自己的心灵。
    3. Celebrity designers crafted flight attendants' uniforms in colorful silks, psychedelic patterns and fitted dresses that sported hems as high as the times.
      名流设计师用彩色的丝绸面料设计乘务员的制服,产生迷幻效果的样式和合体的连衣裙,带着夸张的炫耀褶边。

    权威例句

    High-flown theory
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    On Poems and High-Flown Proses in Imperial Examinations in the Song Dynasty
    High-flown Ideals, Ambitious Stratagems ? On the ‘Problem’ of Palladio’s Success in Northern Europe
    A UNITED CAUCASUS: REALITY ROOTED IN THE PAST OR HIGH-FLOWN POLITICAL ILLUSIONS?
    Excursus: “Mere High-Flown Fantasy …?” (Kant on Holiday)
    Excursus: “Mere High-Flown Fantasy …?” (Kant on Holiday)
    Hypocrisy over Aid: Despite High-Flown Phrases about the Need to Help Africa Escape from the Poverty Trap, Western Government Polici...
    On a high-flown tone being used in literature lately (Georges Bataille, Immanuel Kant and the sublime)
    High-flown theory
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