high-flown

英式音标：[haɪ fləʊn]

美式音标：[ˈhaɪˈflon]

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概况：

adj. 夸张的；颇具野心的

词义：

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

用法：

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 theory

But 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 Dynasty

High-flown Ideals, Ambitious Stratagems ? On the ‘Problem’ of Palladio’s Success in Northern Europe

A 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

同义词：melodramatic,exaggerative

造句：

1. And oh ye high flown quills that soar the skies,

啊，翱翔蓝天展翅高飞的羽翼，

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

2. high - flown rhetoric.

华而不实的修辞

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

3. Decorative prose; high-flown prose

黼黻文章

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 习语

4. A speech delivered in a high-flown or pompous manner.

夸张的演说以雄辩、夸张的方式发表的演说

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

5. her high-flown declamatory style

她的夸张而雄辩的风格.

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考

6. A high-flown, off-key speech by a newcomer.

新来者的过高的，不合调的演讲

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

7. A pompous and high-flown statement

浮夸之词

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 习语

8. To take Big strides and give a high flown talk

阔步高谈

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 习语

9. High-flown and obscure talk-of impracticable things

高隐之谈

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 习语

10. 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。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句