high-flown

英 [ˌhaɪ ˈfləʊn]

美 [ˌhaɪ ˈfloʊn]

adj.  浮夸的; 故弄玄虚的; 说大话的

牛津词典

adj.

• 浮夸的；故弄玄虚的；说大话的
  very grand and complicated
  1. His high-flown style just sounds absurd today.
     他的浮夸风格如今听起来真是荒谬。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （语言）夸张的，文绉绉的，矫揉造作的
  High-flownlanguage is very grand, formal, or literary.
  1. It is highly probable that many of the Service's personnel were put off by such high-flown rhetoric.
     很可能该部门的许多工作人员都对这种华而不实的虚夸言辞感到反感。

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