high-sounding

英 [ˈhaɪ saʊndɪŋ]

美 [ˈhaɪ saʊndɪŋ]

adj.  夸张的; 高调的

TEM8

牛津词典

adj.

• 夸张的；高调的
  complicated and intended to sound important

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 听起来冠冕堂皇的;虚夸的
  You can usehigh-soundingto 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

英英释义

adj

• 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

双语例句

• He is fond of using high-sounding phrases.
  他爱用夸大的词句。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。