highbrow

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英语专业八级

highbrow 是什么意思

中文释义

n. (自以为)文化修养高的人, 卖弄知识的人

a. 自炫博学的, 知识分子的, 不切实际的

英文释义

n. a person of intellectual or erudite tastes

s. highly cultured or educated

highbrow 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 highbrow 在自然语境里怎么用：

While Kincaid established her reputation as a fiction writer, she also shows significant versatility in her nonfiction, shifting from widely read publications like Architectural Digest to more highbrow outlets like The Paris Review.

—— Jamaica Kincaid: “I find England ugly…I hate England; the weather is like a jail sentence…the food in England is like a jail sentence”

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