high-flown

a. 颇具野心的,夸张的,夸大的

同：	[a.] exalted, grand, high-sounding, inflated

High-flown rhetoric.
夸张的华丽词句。收藏
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。收藏
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。收藏
For the next two days Carrie indulged in the most high-flown speculations.
接下来的两天，嘉莉沉浸在想入非非中。收藏
Don't be scared of the high-flown language of economists and Cabinet Ministers
不要被经济学家和内阁大臣们的高谈阔论所吓倒。收藏

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pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals)
- high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school
- a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution
[同] high-flown, high-sounding, inflated
of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
- an exalted ideal
- argue in terms of high-flown ideals
- a noble and lofty concept
- a grand purpose
[同] exalted, grand, high-flown, high-minded, idealistic, lofty, noble-minded, rarefied, rarified, sublime

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