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high-flown是什么意思

high-flown

英[haɪ fləʊn] 美[ˈhaɪˈflon]
相关单词 highflown
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
  • ADJ-GRADED
    （语言）夸张的，文绉绉的，矫揉造作的
    High-flown language is very grand, formal, or literary.
    例句
    It is highly probable that many of the Service's personnel were put off by such high-flown rhetoric. 很可能该部门的许多工作人员都对这种华而不实的虚夸言辞感到反感。
英汉词典释义
  • adj.
    颇有野心的
    high-flown ideas about the history of Christianity. 对于基督教历史的崇高思想
    夸张的
英英词典释义
  • Adjective
    1. pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals);
    "high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school""a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution"
    2. of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style;
    "an exalted ideal""argue in terms of high-flown ideals"- Oliver Franks"a noble and lofty concept"