highbrow

英 [ˈhaɪbraʊ]

美 [ˈhaɪbraʊ]

adj.  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

复数：highbrows　

GRETEM8

BNC.25866 / COCA.22359

牛津词典

adj.

• 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
  1. highbrow newspapers
     格调高雅的报纸
  2. highbrow readers
     趣味高雅的读者

柯林斯词典

• 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 ishighbrow, you mean that it is intellectual, academic, and is often difficult to understand.
  1. ...highbrow classical music...
     高雅的古典音乐
  2. 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。
• ADJ-GRADED （人）对高深学问感兴趣的，修养（或品味）高雅的
  If you describe someone ashighbrow, you mean that they are interested in serious subjects of a very intellectual nature, especially when these are difficult to understand.
  1. 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。
  2. Highbrowis also a noun.
     
  3. ...the sniggers of the highbrows.
     品味高雅者的窃笑

英英释义

noun

• a person of intellectual or erudite tastes

adj

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

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• Advance too often too highbrow, not market recognition, but simply to clone others, picked up the pace to follow the trend of the market will not have a good effect.
  太超前往往曲高和寡，得不到市场的认可，但纯粹地克隆别人、亦步亦趋地跟风也不会有好的市场效果。
• 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。
• She complained of my being too highbrow.
  她不满我太热衷于高深学问。
• But he has always attracted serious-minded partisans eager to mount a highbrow defense of the lowbrow.
  但他总能吸引热心的坚定支持者，急著以他们的高文化素养为他的低俗文化辩护。
• 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。
• But not all such pre-commitment devices are as successful: just think of the people who subscribe to gyms and never exercise, or highbrow journals they never read.
  但并非所有这种预先承诺的方法都如此成功：只要想想那些办卡健身却从来没去锻炼的人，或者那些订了高雅杂志、却从未读过的人就清楚了。
• 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。
• 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。