High-sounding
a. 听起来了不起的, 声音响的
📖 牛津释义
high-sounding
adj (of language, etc) pretentious; high-flown （指语言等）夸张的, 言过其实的.
🧩 词语组成解析
high
[haɪ]
adj. 高的;高尚的，崇高的;高音调的;高级的，高等的;
adv. （程度等）高地;高价地;奢侈地;
n. 高处，高位;[气象学]高气压;高压地带;高水平;
sounding
['saundiŋ]
n. 探通术;
v. （使）发出声音，响( sound的现在分词 );发（音）;试探;探测;
🗣️ 情景例句
Why do you want to quit your present company?
那你为什么放弃现在的工作呢？
Time does not bow to you,, you must bow to time.
必须抓紧时间。
acquired this man-made disease as a pestilence.
而欧洲自己却染上了这种人为的瘟疫般的疾病。