high-flown

英[haɪ fləʊn]

美[ˈhaɪˈflon]

基本释义

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。

柯林斯例句

For the next two days Carrie indulged in the most high - flown speculations.

随后的两天里,嘉利沉入了非非的幻想.

辞典例句

Don't be scared of the high - flown language of economists and Cabinet Ministers.

不要被经济学家和内阁大臣们的高谈阔论所吓倒.

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And oh ye high flown quills that soar the skies.

啊,翱翔蓝天展翅高飞的羽翼.

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Your words is somewhat rhetorical high - flown exaggerated . Their conversations merely encompass the things relating to tallying work.

你说的有点夸张. 他们的谈话只不过围绕与理货工作有关的事.

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I've caught hold of you, he thought Don't think to dazzle me with your high - flown style.

我逮住你啦,别看你闪烁其词, 他想.

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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"