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Meaning of 冠冕堂皇

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high-sounding; dignified; pompous (idiom)
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Synonym: 堂而皇之
Example Sentences
1
他说得冠冕堂皇
,
干的却是种种见不得人的事
。
He talks in a dignified, high-sounding way, but engages in all sorts of underhand activities.
2
工人们渴望得到冠冕堂皇的头衔
,
给他们一种升职的幻觉
。
Workers crave important-sounding titles to give them the illusion of ascending the ranks.
3
现今
,
银行家们有个奇怪的冠冕堂皇的问题
,
就是他们现金充裕
。
Bankers have an odd-sounding problem these days: they are awash in cash.
4
尽管父亲话不多
,
她却能经常感觉到他对自己和对母亲的爱
。
但是结果却是她想出冠冕堂皇的理由来做离开父亲的借口
。
She had always been aware of his love for her and for her mother, even though he had not said much, but in the end she had been the one to make up grand reasons for her absence.
5
如今取而代之是一个不那么冠冕堂皇的名称
,
气候工程学
,
这听起来似乎更可行
。
Today this approach goes by the slightly less grandiose name of climate engineering, and it is looking more practical.