highfalutin[,haifə'lu:tin]1.■[口语]adj.1.■妄自尊大的，高傲的，傲慢的2.■(言词等)夸张的，浮夸的n.1.■夸张的言词(或文章)[亦作 highfaluting,high falatin, hifalutin]
[ˌhʌɪfəˈluːtɪn]
(亦作 highfaluting -tɪŋ)
adjective
- (informal)(especially of speech, writing, or ideas) pompous or pretentious
(非正式)（尤指言语，写作，思想）浮夸的，夸张的，矫饰的
you don't want any highfalutin jargon.
你不需要造作的行话。
- mid 19th cent. (originally US): perhaps from high + fluting (present participle of flute)
highfalutin
形容词 highfalutin:
affectedly genteel
同义词：grandiose, hifalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da
highfalutin
■"highfalutin reasons for denying direct federal assistance to the unemployed" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.)
“拒绝联邦政府对失业人员直接援助的自大的理由”(小阿瑟M.施莱辛格)
■Be the real thing, because all the highfalutin pictures in the world won’t hide it if you...
一定要实事求是，人们的眼睛是雪亮的，在通向成功的路上，我们来不得半点虚假。
■You may think I am a little highfalutin.
你们可能想我有点夸张。
■9.Her parents, if not downright folksy, were hardly highfalutin.
她的父母，说不上十分随和，但也不傲慢。
■It is a mistake to use highfalutin language when you advertise to uneducated people.
当你针对未受教育的人做广告，别用艰涩难懂的字眼。
■Must be that sending inward saving self from ability is the most effective , saying those highfalutin empty talks indeed, is of no help to the matter.
必须是发自内心的自救才能是最有效的，确实，说那些冠冕堂皇的空话是无济于事的。
■The president gave highfalutin reasons for denying direct federal assistance to the unemployed.
总统拒绝由联邦直接干预来帮助失业者，还找了一堆冠冕堂皇的理由。
■I think that the way you said is a little highfalutin.
我认为你说话的方式有点自大.
■highfalutin language/ideas
浮夸的语言/思想
■Algerians, who were nothing but Bedouins, took a rine and sneaked off to the hills, and de Gaulle and all of his highfalutin' war machinery couldn't defeat those guerrillas.
阿尔及利亚人没有任何武器但是他们拿着劳动工具偷偷的占领了小山，而这些法国人和所有他们的目空一击的武器却不能战胜这些游击队。