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颇具野心的,夸张的,夸大的
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
High-flown \High"-flown`\, a.
1. Elevated; proud. ``High-flown hopes.'' --Denham.
2. Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown
language. --M. Arnold.
资料来源 : WordNet®
high-flown
adj 1: 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" [syn: {high-sounding}, {inflated}]
2: of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or
style; "an exalted ideal"; "argue in terms of high-flown
ideals"- Oliver Franks; "a noble and lofty concept" [syn:
{exalted}, {high-minded}, {lofty}, {rarefied}, {rarified},
{idealistic}, {noble-minded}]