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highfalutin是什么意思？

highfalutin

英[ˌhaɪfəˈlu:tɪn] 美[ˌhaɪfəˈlutn]

adj. 自大的，骄傲的，冠冕堂皇；

相关单词 highfaluting

例句

The president gave highfalutin reasons for denying direct federal assistance to the unemployed. 总统拒绝由联邦直接干预来帮助失业者,还找了一堆冠冕堂皇的理由.
You may think I am a little highfalutin. 你们可能想我有点夸张.
Her parents, if not downright folksy , were hardly highfalutin. 她的父母, 说不上十分随和, 但也不傲慢.
This isn't highfalutin art-about-art. It's marvellous and adventurous stuff. 这不是一件纯粹为艺术而艺术的华而不实的东西，而是进行了大胆创新的非凡作品。

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ADJ-GRADED

装模作样的;浮夸的;矫饰的

People sometimes use highfalutin to describe something that they think is being made to sound complicated or important in order to impress people.
例句
This isn't highfalutin art-about-art. It's marvellous and adventurous stuff. 这不是一件纯粹为艺术而艺术的华而不实的东西，而是进行了大胆创新的非凡作品。

英英词典释义

Adjective
1. affectedly genteel

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