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loftier

/lawf-tee, lof-/US // ˈlɔf ti, ˈlɒf- //UK // (ˈlɒftɪ) //

领先的,领先者,领先,领先优势

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    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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Examples

  • 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!