high-flown

单词high-flown

基本解释

adj.: 浮夸的；故弄玄虚的；说大话的
网络: 夸张的；好高骛远的；好高鹜远的

权威解释

• 浮夸的；故弄玄虚的；说大话的:

  very grand and complicated

英汉解释

• 夸张的

• 好高鹜远的;高超的

同义词

adj.exaltedaffectedpretentiousgrandiosehigh-sounding

反义词

adj.down-to-earth

例句

• The old lady relieves the high-flown benevolence of her husband with a good deal of spirit.

  这位老太太非常热心地接替她的丈夫做的善事，非常了不起。

• His method was always the same: using high-flown rhetoric and obscure language while dissembling and faking his way through life.

  他一直在用同一种方法：一生都靠夸张的花言巧语和模棱两可来掩饰蒙混过关。

• It needs to be something well beyond where you are now, but not so high-flown and amazing that you secretly believe it"s impossible for you.

  它应该比你现在做的事情要好，但又不至于高不可攀和令人惊讶，你下意识认为不可能的事情。

• Yet the archaic language and high-flown verse, while inspiring, can also be difficult to understand even for educated Arabic speakers.

  不过，即便对于受过教育的说阿拉伯语的人而言，古老的语言、夸张而振奋的篇章也难以理解。

• He collects antique Samurai swords, has owned a pet cobra and speaks with a high-flown Massachusetts Brahmin accent.

  他收藏古董武士刀，豢养眼镜蛇，讲一口夸张的麻省娑罗门英语。

• Although the law has a high-flown objective, it goes about its business in a pedestrian fashion.

  尽管这项法律志在高远，但内容很平实。

• Bozo indulged in the most high-flown speculations.

  博佐沉入了最最不切实际的幻想中。

• High-flown and amazing will come in due time.

  必要的时候，高不可攀和令人惊讶会出现。

• Barack Obama is paying the price for his high-flown rhetoric

  巴拉克•奥巴马在为他夸夸其谈的花言巧语付出代价。