词汇 | grandiloquent |
释义 | grandiloquent adjective formal mainly disapprovinguk /ɡrænˈdɪl.ə.kwənt/ us /ɡrænˈdɪl.ə.kwənt/ A grandiloquent style or way of using language is complicated in order to attract admiration and attention, especially in order to make someone or something seem important: (尤指为了使某人或者某物显得重要而)卖弄词藻的,言辞浮夸的,过分华丽的 Her speech was full of grandiloquent language, but it contained no new ideas.她的演讲虽然充满了华丽的词藻,但却没有什么新意。 Exaggerating & playing down bloviate blow something out of proportionidiom cartoonish cartoonishly catastrophize fulsome go overboardidiom inflated make a mountain out of a molehillidiom make little of somethingidiom make much of somethingidiom make something of something/someone meal mildly minimization OTT protest too muchidiom romanticize underplay underrate Related wordsgrandiloquence grandiloquently Examples of grandiloquentgrandiloquent Exploration could be packaged into potent images: in the popular narratives of explorers themselves, the display of artefacts and relics, polar spectacles and panoramas, or a grandiloquent oil on canvas. These questions, too, must be answered if one is to lapse into grandiloquent lyricism; otherwise, one pulls the wool over citizens' eyes. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I do not want to sound grandiloquent about this, but in many ways we have led the world in terms of principles of legal practice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not want to use too grandiloquent language for it, but there is the constitutional problem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The actual document is, of course, replete with grandiloquent declarations and high-flown aspirations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The summits' grandiloquent final declarations are frequently, and perhaps rather embarrassingly, contrasted with the paucity of the results they actually achieved. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We are told in grandiloquent terms that we have got command of the sea. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are a good many houses to which this exception might apply that are hardly entitled to so grandiloquent a name as mansion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The reason may be the phraseology—the somewhat grandiloquent phrase "corporate governance". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such a grandiloquent claim deserves to be tested. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I congratulate the draftsman who prescribed the constitution of this particular board in such grandiloquent terms. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What are the guidelines and what is the basis on which this grandiloquent gesture is to be made? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Before then, the grandiloquent posturings of world-weary statesmen in their council chambers will be seen as the mutterings of emperors without clothes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These grandiloquent phrases are absolute bunkum; they mean completely nothing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These words are much too grandiloquent to describe what we are putting before you. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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