high-flown

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基本釋義

It is highly probable that many of the Service's personnel were put off by such high-flown rhetoric.

很可能該部門的許多工作人員都對這種華而不實的虛夸言辭感到反感。

柯林斯例句

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

隨后的兩天里,嘉利沉入了非非的幻想.

辭典例句

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

不要被經(jīng)濟學家和內(nèi)閣大臣們的高談闊論所嚇倒.

辭典例句

And oh ye high flown quills that soar the skies.

啊,翱翔藍天展翅高飛的羽翼.

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

你說的有點夸張. 他們的談話只不過圍繞與理貨工作有關(guān)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,別看你閃爍其詞, 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"