loftier
领先的,领先者,领先,领先优势
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loft·i·er, loft·i·est.
- : extending high in the air; of imposing height; towering: lofty mountains.
- : exalted in rank, dignity, or character; eminent.
- : elevated in style, tone, or sentiment, as writings or speech.
- : arrogantly or condescendingly superior in manner; haughty: to treat someone in a lofty manner.
- : Nautical. noting a rig of a sailing ship having extraordinarily high masts.
- : thick and resilient.
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As a popular philosopher and self-help evangelizer, he is in the assertion business—the loftier the better.
Notwithstanding his own loftier goals, it is questionable whether mescaline and LSD gave Huxley the enlightenment he craved.
But the creators, who graduated from middle school (and beyond), have loftier goals than one might imagine.
To say that I was the object of a Gore Vidal grudge is to place me in loftier company than I deserve.
He took a risk by throwing so many punches, coming down from a loftier perch to the trenches where campaigns are won and lost.
But the learned counsel for the defendant take a somewhat loftier flight still.
Or if you insist, as you have the right, On spreading your wings for a loftier flight, The moral is—Take care how you light.
Their faith is mainly in magic and ghosts, but there are traces of a fading and loftier belief.
Of those loftier roofs that sheltered his manhood, there are also three still to be seen.
Doubtless he would like his daughter to be my lady, but he might be looking for a loftier title than his son could give her!