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

loftyadjective (POSITION)


formal
high: 高的
a lofty ceiling/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.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

High, tall and deep
abysmal
altitude
ankle-deep
bottomless
deep
dwarf
ectomorph
ectomorphic
gawky
higher
overshadow
rangy
rear
rear above/over something/someone
stand
tallish
tallness
tower
tower above/over someone/something
towering

loftyadjective (IDEAS)


formal
Lofty ideas, etc. are of a high moral standard: 崇高的,高尚的
lofty sentiments/ideals崇高的情操/理想
disapproving
If you have a lofty way of behaving or talking, etc., you act as if you think you are better than other people: 高傲的,自大的
a lofty attitude/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
justifiable
justifiably
justified
loftiness
magnanimity
rightness
saintly
self-forgetful
self-forgetfully
the road to hell is paved with good intentionsidiom
upstanding
virtuous
virtuously
white hat
wholesomely

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Showing arrogance and conceit

Related words


loftilyadverb
loftinessnoun

lofty | American Dictionary


lofty
adjective
us/ˈlɔf·ti/
high:
lofty mountains
If someone’s ideas or words are lofty, they show high principles or standards:
lofty sentiments

Examples of lofty


lofty
Adjudicating misconduct on this model calls on rigid legal standards rather than the less explicit and loftier standards of trustworthiness proclaimed by the profession.
We have never known a data user to fail to ascribe the loftiest of plausible purposes.
In other words, there is so much detail here that readers can make their own judgements about loftier questions.
The nave is of later style, loftier, and with grouped, shafted piers and moulded capitals.
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.
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.
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.
He stuck to dealing with modern manners, which are no subject for lofty treatment.
The church has lofty western towers, also a tall nave and choir.
All are lofty with high vaults supported by flying buttress schemes.
The vaulting is ribbed throughout, lofty and well-proportioned.
The nave is lofty and divided into nave arcade, triforium and clerestory.
Why haunt the world and seek a lofty seat?
Of set purpose it avoids the loftier flights of mysticism and all abstruse speculation.
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At this lofty sentiment, however, biographical accountancy can restrain itself no longer.
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