highbrow

美 [ˈhaɪbraʊ]英 [ˈhaɪbraʊ]
  • adj.高雅的;关于正统艺术(或文化)思想的;对正统的艺术(或文化)感兴趣的
  • n.有文化修养的人;有高雅趣味的人
highbrowhighbrow

adj.

sometimes disapproving关于正统艺术(或文化)思想的;对正统的艺术(或文化)感兴趣的
concerned with or interested in serious artistic or cultural ideas

highbrow newspapers

格调高雅的报纸

highbrow readers

趣味高雅的读者

intellectual
lowbrow
compare middlebrow

highbrow

频次

  • 1
    ADJ-GRADED (书籍、讨论)高深难懂的,高雅的,学术性的
    If you say that a book or discussion is highbrow, you mean that it is intellectual, academic, and is often difficult to understand.

    ...highbrow classical music...

    高雅的古典音乐

  • 2
    ADJ-GRADED (人)对高深学问感兴趣的,修养(或品味)高雅的
    If you describe someone as highbrow, you mean that they are interested in serious subjects of a very intellectual nature, especially when these are difficult to understand.

    Highbrow critics sniff that the programme was 'too sophisticated' to appeal to most viewers.

    品位高雅的批评家们轻蔑地表示,该节目“太深奥”,对多数观众没有吸引力。

noun

1
a person of intellectual or erudite tastes

adj

1
highly cultured or educated
highbrow events such as the ballet or opera
a highbrowed literary critic
Synonym: highbrowed

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  1. He presents his own highbrow literary programme .

    他介绍了自己那个专业性很强的文学项目的情况。

  2. Highbrow critics sniff that the programme was ' too sophisticated ' to appeal to most viewers .

    品位高雅的批评家们轻蔑地表示,该节目“太深奥”,对多数观众没有吸引力。

  3. Whichever , intellidating — an unhurried , decidedly highbrow approach to mating — is catching on in big cities around the world .

    不管你怎么定义,“智慧相亲”这种不紧不慢、决意走高雅路线的相亲方式已经开始在世界各大城市兴起。

  4. This is a too highbrow general developers afraid of the market mechanism ;

    这是一个曲高和寡,一般发展商不敢部问津的市场;

  5. The guest speaker was a highbrow Professor from the local college .

    那位邀请来的讲演者,是当地大学里一位(自以为)学识渊博的教授。

  6. We had a highbrow discussion on classical music .

    我们就古典音乐来了一次高水平的讨论。

  7. He thinks Yahoo board of directors is highbrow to the assessment of company value .

    他认为雅虎董事会对公司价值的评估是不切实际的。

  8. Culture can be divided into two categories & " highbrow culture " and " lowbrow culture " .

    文化可以分为两大类,即知识文化和交际文化。

  9. A full spike tends to bow ; a learned man doesn 't style himself highbrow .

    麦穗越饱满,它越低头;人愈有学问,愈不装腔作势。

  10. What appeals to me in the highbrow papers are the books and film reviews .

    在第一流的报纸内对我颇有吸引力的是书刊评论和影评。

  11. Virginia Woolf is an artist famous for her highbrow taste in literary circle .

    弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫是一位在文学圈内以审美品位高雅著称的艺术家。

  12. A highbrow be the kind of person who looks at a sausage and think of picasso .

    所谓有高度文化修养的人,就是看见香肠即思及毕加索的人。

  13. He seemed to realize that the melody was too highbrow for the cow to understand .

    他似乎意识到,这支曲子太高雅了,牛没有听懂。

  14. Although Western Music came from the common people , it is now still highbrow art and literature and elegant spiritual nutrition . Prof.

    西方艺术音乐虽植于民间,但至今仍是阳春白雪,是高品位的精神营养。

  15. To be close , even if not highbrow , still a clear water , Protection of Wages on the floor , good view of life .

    待行近,纵使没有曲高和寡,依旧一份清水,落英满地,人生好风景。

  16. The autumn crop is far more prone to failure than the summer one . But highbrow films now come with higher hopes .

    今年秋季档的影片失败的风险比暑期档的还大,不过这次文艺片获胜的希望还大一些。

  17. IN THIS ARTICLE : People rejected the English language game Scrabble at first as too " highbrow " or " complicated " .

    本文简介:人们起初以高深复杂为由拒绝接受拼字游戏这种英语文字游戏。

  18. Ever since the 1990s , China 's literature has been divided into three categories : Thematic Writing , Highbrow Writing and Folk writing .

    20世纪90年代中期以来,文学界裂变为主旋律写作、知识分子写作和民间写作。

  19. In social convention , people are used to call the highbrow culture as refined culture , and call the demotic culture as popular culture .

    在社会习俗中,人们惯于称上层知识分子的文化为雅文化,称下层民众的文化为俗文化。

  20. Highbrow and popular culture meet at the Tennispalatsi with its museums and movie theaters .

    高雅与通俗文化交汇在坦尼斯宫的博物馆与电影院。

  21. ( informal ) someone who is neither a highbrow nor a lowbrow .

    (非正式)既不博学亦不浅薄的人。

  22. The candidate was also pleased that his strategic decision to represent himself with a ' popular yet relatively highbrow ' TV show had worked .

    让求职的戈德伯格感到欣喜的是,他策略性地决定以一部热播但格调相对较高的电视剧来展现自己,并起到了正面作用。

  23. Especially the original too highbrow refined decoration Housing Now And aside though , a demand for different grades of the ladder of supply .

    尤其是原来曲高和寡的精装修房屋如今屈尊分出高下,形成适合不同档次需求的阶梯式供应。

  24. In this five to ten years ago , both investment-type projects , or home-based properties are not too highbrow .

    在这五到十年前,不论是投资型的项目,还是自住型的房产,都难免曲高和寡。

  25. Paulina : I don 't need highbrow jokes .

    宝丽娜:我不需要不切实际的笑话。

  26. He combines both highbrow solemnness and lowbrow comic sense in his works .

    他的作品集严肃诙谐于一体,融阳春白雪与下里巴人与一炉。

  27. I see it everywhere , from the middle pages of highbrow pop culture publications to the style sections of local broadsheets .

    我看到很多地方从波普文学出版物的中页到当地大幅海报的部分风格。

  28. As a global superstar in both highbrow and popular cultural circles , Mr. Eco accepted such criticism with equanimity .

    艾柯在高端文学与通俗文学界都是全球超级明星,对于这样的评论,他总是心平气和地接受。

  29. Highbrow events such as the ballet or opera ; a highbrowed literary critic .

    高雅的运动项目如芭蕾舞或歌剧;一个高雅的文学评论。

  30. Start your own highbrow clique .

    开始发展你自己的高雅小圈子。