唱高调chàng gāo diàoaffect a high moral tone;bluster (/spout) rhetoric; chant bombastic (/high sounding) words ; chant in a high pitch (/key/tone);declaim grandiosely (/grandiloquently); make mere rhetorical declamations; use high-flown (/high falutin/high-faluting) phraseology; use high-flown words; talk big (/tall)
❍ 多于些实际工作，少唱些高调。Do more practical work and use less high-flown words.
❍ 爱～是他的一个特点。He always affected a high tune,and that was one of his characteristics. 唱高调chang gao diaomake highsounding statements 唱高调mouth high-sounding words; make high-sounding statements; indulge in highflown rhetoric |