highfalutin 英 [ˌhaɪfəˈlu:tɪn]   美 [ˌhaɪfəˈlutn]

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 

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?
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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  • adj. 夸张的;自大的;傲慢的(等于hifalutin)
  • 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?

  • 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。

  • 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。

high·fa·lu·tin / ˌhaɪfəˈluːtɪn ; NAmE ˌhaɪfəˈluːtɪn / adjective ( informal) trying to be serious or important, but in a way that often appears silly and unnecessary 装模作样的;浮夸的;做作的 SYN pretentious high·fa·lu·tin / ˌhaɪfəˈluːtɪn ; NAmE ˌhaɪfəˈluːtɪn /
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