One book noted that the master carpenter Lu Ban also made some which were flown high to spy on the situation of the enemy.

一书中指出，木匠鲁班还提出了飞高去侦察敌军的情况。

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His high-flown style just sounds absurd today.

他的浮夸风格如今听起来真是荒谬。

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That said, the 2% by volume that goes by air accounts for around 35% of the value: light, expensive goods such as high-end electronic components tend to be flown.

也就是说，2%的空中运输量占总价值的35%：轻而昂贵的货物如高端电子元件往往走空运这条路。

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It was a budget cloaked in high-flown phrases and principles, but which was not a terribly principled affair.

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They are more infuriated than men by the gap between high-flown rhetoric and the prosaic facts on the ground.

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Among politicians, there is the idealism of high-flown speechmaking, in which crowds are stirringly summoned to support great things.

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