(ofbooks,plays, etc.)involvingseriousandcomplicatedorartisticideas, or (ofpeople)interestedinseriousandcomplicatedsubjects
（书籍、戏剧等）严肃高雅的，阳春白雪的；（人）对正统题材感兴趣的
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lowbrowmainlydisapproving
middlebrowadjectivemainlydisapproving
highbrow| American Dictionary
highbrow
adjective
us/ˈhɑɪˌbrɑʊ/
(ofliterature,art,music,films, orplays)seriousandintendedforintelligenteducatedpeoplewhoknowa lot about theseformsofart, or (ofpeople)intelligentandknowinga lot about such things:
On the one hand, they have traditionally been seen byhighbrowcritics as a low, degraded form of artistic expression.
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When he wrote his way into financial health, he did so by producing middlebrow literature that threatened his aspirations to join ahighbrowliterary elite.
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I am not sophisticated, nothighbrowin any sense of the term.
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In contrast,highbrowand very refined are not qualities to which one might necessarily aspire, with their over tones of snobbery and elitism.
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Could it be thathighbrowinterests count for more because behind the scenes they contribute more or in a more prolonged way to other interests?
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We should rather crave indulgence as three novices fresh from the awful legitimacy of thehighbrowtheatre.
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Its first choice is highroad, with a score of sixteen, then highball,highbrow, highflier, highjack and highroads, all with eighteen.
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What would it mean for an interest to count for more because of itshighbrowquality?
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The subtleties in his work tend to be overlooked byhighbrowcritics.
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On the one hand, for "highbrow" research or methods to succeed, to have a utility value, these techniques have to find implementation in "lowbrow" commercial software in use in practice.
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However, as we have seen, punk was also influenced by more 'highbrow' forms of theatre, with allusions to 'method acting' and 'theatre of cruelty' by both performers and critics.
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I have had some experience of thesehighbrowcommittees with titles and fantastic names.
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I think it was called thehighbrowfilm.
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I mention that because quality programmes are sometimes thought of as beinghighbrowprogrammes of one kind or another.
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I am not sure that the highbrows would appreciate that altogether.
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