highbrow 是什么意思
adj. 不切实际的;自炫博学的;知识分子的
highbrow 中文词源
highbrow 艺术修养高的
high,高,brow,眉毛。来自古代面相学,认为长高眉毛的人天生有艺术修养或艺术口味,虽然科学证明这一说法毫无根据,但是这个词却流传了下来。比较诗句“高帝子孙尽隆准,龙种自与常人殊”。
英语词源
highbrow (n.)"person of superior intellect and taste," 1902, back-formation from high-browed (adj.), which is attested from 1891, from high (adj.) + brow (see also lowbrow).
highbrow 权威例句
- 1. He presents his own highbrow literary programme.
- 他介绍了自己那个专业性很强的文学项目的情况。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Highbrow critics sniff that the programme was "too sophisticated" to appeal to most viewers.
- 品位高雅的批评家们轻蔑地表示,该节目“太深奥”,对多数观众没有吸引力。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The professor was a highbrow from the local college.
- 那位教授是当地大学里一位文化修养很高的人。
来自辞典例句
- 4. We had a highbrow discussion on classical music.
- 我们就古典音乐来了一次高水平的讨论.
来自辞典例句
- 5. What appeals to me in the highbrow papers are the books and film reviews.
- 在第一流的报纸内对我颇有吸引力的是书刊评论和影评.
来自辞典例句
highbrow 造句
- 1. We boast of our dislike of highbrow art and music, and we have more and better-attended symphonies, art galleries, and theaters than any country in the world.
- 我们自豪地说自己讨厌那些曲高和寡的艺术和音乐,但是我们的交响乐团、艺术馆和剧院有着比世界上任何国家更多的听众,观众。
-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考
- 2. What appeals to me in the highbrow papers are the books and film reviews.
- 在第一流的报纸内对我颇有吸引力的是书刊评论和影评。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 3. IN THIS ARTICLE: People rejected the English language game Scrabble at first as too "highbrow "or "complicated".
- 本文简介:人们起初以“高深复杂”为由拒绝接受拼字游戏这种英语文字游戏。
-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考
- 4. He added a board, but it was still rejected as being "too highbrow", "too serious", "too complicated".
- 他加上了棋盘,可人们还是说他的游戏“太高深”,“太严肃”,“太复杂”。
-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考
- 5. An intellectual;a highbrow.
- 知识分子知识分子,自以为有大学问的人
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
- 6. (informal) someone who is neither a highbrow nor a lowbrow.
- (非正式)既不博学亦不浅薄的人。
-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考
- 7. They only attend highbrow events such as the ballet or the opera.
- 他们只参加高雅活动例如观看芭蕾舞或歌剧
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
- 8. One who is somewhat cultured;one who is neither highbrow nor lowbrow.
- 文化教养一般的人;中产阶级趣味的人受过某种程度教育的人;既非上层又非下层的人
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
- 9. highbrow events such as the ballet or opera; a highbrowed literary critic.
- 高雅的运动项目如芭蕾舞或歌剧;一个高雅的文学评论。
-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考
- 10. We had a highbrow discussion on classical music.
- 我们就古典音乐来了一次高水平的讨论。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句