单词 | high-minded |
释义 | high-minded (once / 3204 pages) adj WORD FAMILY high-minded USAGE EXAMPLESAs with past atrocities, Aleppo’s destruction inspired much high-minded talk and the illusion of action. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) In response, Michael Sullivan, for the Gawker defendants, tried a high-minded First Amendment argument. The New Yorker(Dec 11, 2016) For modern-day strongmen looking for high-minded justifications to seize control of parliaments, courts and the media, he was the man. Washington Post(Nov 26, 2016) adj of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style Syn elevated, exalted, grand, high-flown, idealistic, lofty, noble-minded, rarefied, rarified, sublime noble having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character |
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