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.)- 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。 - 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。 - 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 theoryBut such high-flown movements are not for me. Aby Warburg's (1866--‐1929) Butterflies as Art Historical Paradigms Congress Universi...On Poems and High-Flown Proses in Imperial Examinations in the Song DynastyHigh-flown Ideals, Ambitious Stratagems ? On the ‘Problem’ of Palladio’s Success in Northern EuropeA 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