高尚
Definition
(adj) Elevated in stature or ambition, often grand or noble
Examples
“她追求世界和平的高尚理想令人鼓舞。”
“他说话总带着一股高尚劲儿。”
He always has a kind of nobility in the way he talks.
“在老北京胡同里，高尚可没法当饭吃。”
In the old hutongs of Beijing, nobility doesn't put food on the table.
“我不懂那些高尚的词儿，只知道他半夜给邻居修车，手都冻红了。”
I don't get all those lofty words, I just know he fixed his neighbor's car at midnight, with his hands red from the cold.
“她在巴黎住了几年，还是觉得父亲那种高尚的脾气有点难学。”
After living in Paris for a few years, she still thought her father's noble temperament was hard to copy.
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