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单词 lofty
释义
lofty
adjective
uk
/ˈlɒf.ti/us
/ˈlɑːf.ti/

loftyadjective(POSITION)

formal
high:
高的
a loftyceiling/mountain/wall高顶／山／墙
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
having a large distance from bottom to top
  • highThe garden is surrounded by a high wall.
  • tallMount Everest is the world's tallest mountain.
  • loftyThe path winds along the lofty peaks of the Andes.
  • soaringSoaring mountains and lush valleys are every nature enthusiast's dream.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
High, tall and deep
  • abysmal
  • altitude
  • bottomless
  • deep
  • ectomorph
  • elevated
  • eye level
  • height
  • higher
  • overshadow
  • rangy
  • rear
  • rear above/oversomething/someone
  • six-footer
  • stand
  • tallish
  • tallness
  • tower
  • tower above/oversomeone/something
  • towering
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loftyadjective(IDEAS)

formal
Loftyideas, etc. are of a highmoralstandard:
崇高的，高尚的
loftysentiments/ideals崇高的情操／理想
disapproving
If you have a lofty way ofbehavingortalking, etc., youactas if youthinkyou arebetterthan otherpeople:
高傲的，自大的
a loftyattitude/air/tone高傲的态度／神情／语气
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Virtue and moral good
  • altruism
  • angel
  • angelic
  • angelically
  • be as pure as the driven snowidiom
  • justifiably
  • justified
  • loftiness
  • magnanimity
  • moral
  • rightly
  • rightness
  • saintly
  • selfless
  • the road to hell is paved with good intentionsidiom
  • upright
  • virtuous
  • virtuously
  • white hat
  • worthiness
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Showing arrogance and conceit

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loftilyadverb
loftinessnoun
(Definition ofloftyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

lofty| American Dictionary

lofty
adjective
us
/ˈlɔf·ti/
high:
loftymountains
If someone’sideasor words are lofty, they show highprinciplesorstandards:
loftysentiments
(Definition ofloftyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflofty

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Adjudicating misconduct on this model calls on rigid legal standards rather than the less explicit and loftier standards of trustworthiness proclaimed by the profession.
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We have never known a data user to fail to ascribe the loftiest of plausible purposes.
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In other words, there is so much detail here that readers can make their own judgements about loftier questions.
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The nave is of later style, loftier, and with grouped, shafted piers and moulded capitals.
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Through its rhythmic fashioning, poetry will bring about the ultimate "ascent of man," the "loftier raptures, loftier pain" by which humankind will realize its place in the world.
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The actual prose in which some of the loftier elements of this perspective are conveyed, however, is a good deal more grandiloquent than we can today happily stomach.
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Unwilling to concede to the loftier positions acquired by parliament's followers, much less their assumption of the right to levy penalties, royalists fought back with lawsuits.
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He stuck to dealing with modern manners, which are no subject forloftytreatment.
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The church hasloftywestern towers, also a tall nave and choir.
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All areloftywith high vaults supported by flying buttress schemes.
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The vaulting is ribbed throughout,loftyand well-proportioned.
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The nave isloftyand divided into nave arcade, triforium and clerestory.
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Why haunt the world and seek aloftyseat?
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Of set purpose it avoids the loftier flights of mysticism and all abstruse speculation.
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At thisloftysentiment, however, biographical accountancy can restrain itself no longer.
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