high-sounding

英 [ˈhaɪ saʊndɪŋ] 美 [ˈhaɪ saʊndɪŋ]

adj.  夸张的; 高调的

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牛津词典

adj.

  1. 夸张的;高调的
    complicated and intended to sound important

    柯林斯词典

    1. ADJ-GRADED 听起来冠冕堂皇的;虚夸的
      You can use high-sounding to describe language and ideas which seem very grand and important, especially when you think they are not really important.
      1. ...high-sounding decrees designed to impress foreigners and attract foreign capital.
        意在打动外国人以吸引外资的华而不实的法令

    双语例句

    1. He still loves high-sounding phrases which may mean everything possible or nothing at all.
      他至今仍然喜欢那些包罗万象而又空洞无物的响亮词句。
    2. What's the point of simply paying lip service? or high-sounding words are no use.
      光说得漂亮有什么用?
    3. Many-a-times people have ended up using high-sounding words inappropriately only to face public embarrassment.
      很多时候在公众场合由于用词不当,最后只有直面尴尬。
    4. Give him praise with the loud brass: give him praise with the high-sounding brass.
      用大响的钹赞美他,用高声的钹赞美他。
    5. Of course, these developers are talking about high-sounding manner to make contributions to urban construction.
      当然,这些开发者们谈论冠冕堂皇的方式作出贡献的城市建设。
    6. The politician's speech was full of high-sounding words.
      这位政客的演说满是高谈阔论。
    7. I would like to, no one will answer so naive, so high-sounding reasons.
      我想,没有人会再回答出那么天真、那么冠冕堂皇的理由了。
    8. Jack filled his son with many high-sounding ideas about life.
      杰克给他儿子灌输了许多有关生活的思想都是唱高调。
    9. He is fond of using high-sounding phrases.
      他爱用夸大的词句。
    10. If we follow the Path patiently and with diligence, train and purify ourselves one day realize it within ourselves-without taxing ourselves with puzzling and high-sounding words.
      如果我们耐心而勤奋地追随这条道路,训练和净化自己,也许有一天会在我们自我之中找到它,而不必用困惑和高调的词汇来指责自己。
    11. High-sounding interpretation can be put upon them but because they are useful.
      听来很高调的阐释可以加诸其上,而是因为它们有用。
    12. I have knowledge of his wrath, says the lord, that it is nothing; his high-sounding words have done nothing.
      耶和华说,我知道他的忿怒是虚空的。他夸大的话一无所成。
    13. No high-sounding rhetoric, just want to take action to achieve an attainable aspiration.
      没有冠冕堂皇的说辞,只是想以行动,去实现一个可以实现的愿望。
    14. -With your permission, my lord. He is fond of using high-sounding phrases.
      -请允许我说一句,大人他爱用夸大的词句。
    15. This means you're talking high-sounding words or bushwa.
      唱高调就是说大话或者说空话。
    16. He used volumes of high-sounding words to disguise himself in order to deceive the people.
      他用大量动听的言辞来伪装自己,欺骗人民。
    17. The media infringe upon those celebrities 'privacy for circulation and rating, but make the high-sounding excuse that the audience should know what has happened.
      媒体为发行量和收视率侵犯名人隐私,却又以受众的知情权作为冠冕堂皇的借口;
    18. He tagged a high-sounding title to his name.
      他在自己的姓名前加上了一个显赫的头衔。
    19. The deployment of a high-sounding, honeyed, provocative methods to destroy humans'multifaceted nature involves contemporary culture's butchery.
      借以“创造生活”这个冠冕堂皇、美丽的动听、具有极其扇动方式来毁灭人性多重性,这就是当下文化的的屠杀。

    英英释义

    adj

    1. pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals)
      1. high-flown talk of preserving the moral tone of the school
      2. a high-sounding dissertation on the means to attain social revolution

      Synonym:    high-flowninflated