high-flown
high-flown 英 [haɪ fləʊn] 美 [ˈhaɪˈflon]
adj. 夸张的；颇具野心的
名词复数:high-flowns
- A person is considered high-flown if he tries to sound smarter or fancier than he really is.
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- adj. 夸张的；颇具野心的
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1. These later, more worldly writings better suit our modern taste—more concrete, less high-flown.
后来这些写作变得更为世俗，更适合我们现代的品味——形象具体而不抽象形而上。
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2. 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。
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3. His literary diction would give food for merriment to our elders behind his back, some of his high-flown phrases finding a permanent place in our family repertoire of witticisms.
他的文学辞令成了大人们背后的笑料。 他的一些夸张的语句在我们家的妙语如珠节目栏上占有永久的地位。
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