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sublimely

/suh-blahym/US // səˈblaɪm //UK // (səˈblaɪm) //

崇高地,崇高的,崇高,潜移默化地

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : elevated or lofty in thought, language, etc.: Paradise Lost is sublime poetry.
    • : impressing the mind with a sense of grandeur or power; inspiring awe, veneration, etc.: Switzerland has sublime scenery.
    • : supreme or outstanding: a sublime dinner.
    • : complete; absolute; utter: sublime stupidity.
    • : Archaic. of lofty bearing.haughty.
    • : Archaic. raised high; high up.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the sublime, the realm of things that are sublime: the sublime in art.the quality of being sublime: the sublime of nature.the greatest or supreme degree.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    sub·limed, sub·lim·ing.

    • : to make higher, nobler, or purer.
    • : Chemistry. to convert by heat into a vapor, which on cooling condenses again to solid form, without apparent liquefaction.to cause to be given off by this or some analogous process.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    sub·limed, sub·lim·ing.

    • : Chemistry. to volatilize from the solid state to a gas, and then condense again as a solid without passing through the liquid state.

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Examples

  • This was our annual us-only ski trip — no husbands or kids — and it was sublime.

  • His lyricism and his textures were sublime, and he woke me up to my own desire to paint these same strokes with words.

  • She traveled around the Adriatic coast towns of Italy in search of the most sublime brodetto, a piece The New Yorker published in its annual food issue in 2008.

  • Comfort isn’t quite as sublime as previous days, with some humidity around, thanks to dew points — muggy for this time of year — in the low to mid-60s.

  • Fried chicken is sublimely delicious when done right, and even when it's done wrong, it's not bad.

  • You were utterly, sublimely defenseless against the laughter.

  • For all the sublimely horrible things that undoubtedly happened, though, they were more than balanced out by the good things.

  • “I must tell you, Mr. Longcluse, I can't listen to such language,” observes Mr. Harman sublimely.

  • The Brodricks seemed to tolerate their brother-in-law; and he seemed, more sublimely, to tolerate their tolerance.

  • Nearer and nearer it came, and more and more sublimely imposing became its aspect; yes, all England was there, apparently.

  • How sublimely the poet-prophet narrates the misery of the Fall, and the promised glories of the Restoration!

  • Talking about bush fires, we often saw them raging madly and sublimely in the mountains.