highfalutin
highfalutin 英 [ˌhaɪfəˈlu:tɪn] 美 [ˌhaɪfəˈlutn]
adj. 夸张的;自大的;傲慢的(等于hifalutin)
名词复数:highfalutins
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- adj. 夸张的;自大的;傲慢的(等于hifalutin)
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1. So why do some newcomers walk away from Linux/BSD decrying open source operating systems and calling the community members highfalutin?
那么,为什么一些新手离开Linux/BSD,就谴责开源操作系统,并称这些社区成员自命不凡呢?
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2. If you want to get highfalutin about it, this strain started in the 19th century when Ralph Waldo Emerson and other lesser lights offered audiences recipes for self-improvement.
夸张点说 这种特点始于十九世纪拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生以及其他名气小于他的作家们给读者列出的自我提升的诀窍。
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3. Over at the home office (which Sam Walton preferred to “headquarters” because he thought the latter term sounded highfalutin), I ran into Mike Duke, Wal-Mart’s CEO who took charge in February.
在沃尔玛的家乡办公室(相对于总部来说,山姆•沃尔顿更喜欢这个称谓,因为“总部”听起来太做作),我遇到了迈克•杜克(Mike Duke),他在二月份成为沃尔玛的首席执行官。
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