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 loftier 添加此单词到默认生词本
高耸的
崇高的
傲慢的(lofty的比较级)

  1. It may be a tall order for some women to accept. But shorter females earn less than their loftier colleagues, a study claims.
    对有些女性来说可能难以接受,但一项研究声称,个子较矮的女性比她们个子较高的女同事挣钱要少。
  2. Upon his return, he was hired to manage the Chicago Public Schools investment portfolio--a way to make use of his skills, but with a loftier purpose.
    回到美国之后,他受雇管理芝加哥公立学校投资组合——这能充分利用他的专业技能,但带有崇高的理想。
  3. This golf lesson got me thinking. It seems to me that there are certain fundamentals not only in golf, but in life, that we should have under control before we turn our attention to loftier ambitions.
    这次高尔夫课引起我思考,对我来说,似乎不仅仅在打高尔夫球中,还有在生活中的,在我们将注意力转向更大的雄心前,都应有一些应该掌握的最基本的东西。



Lofty \Loft"y\, a. [Compar. {Loftier}; superl. {Loftiest}.]
[From {Loft}.]
1. Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high.

See lofty Lebanon his head advance. --Pope.

2. Fig.: Elevated in character, rank, dignity, spirit,
bearing, language, etc.; exalted; noble; stately;
characterized by pride; haughty.

The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity.
--Is. lvii.
15.

Lofty and sour to them that loved him not. --Shak.

Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme.
--Milton.

Syn: Tall; high; exalted; dignified; stately; majestic;
sublime; proud; haughty. See {Tall}.

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