adj. altisonant
这里有更好的、不再冠冕堂皇的理由。
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.
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.
He had this thing called the drunken assembly, which was in a way kind of a mockery of parliamentary representations where his cronies would come and just get wasted and would make all sorts of flamboyant proclamations that seemed to represent what a real parliament would do.
他有个被戏称为"酒鬼议会"的东西,这个"酒鬼议会"是对议会代表们的嘲弄,他们也会开会,但不过是浪费时间,还发表一些冠冕堂皇的声明,就好像一个真正的议会似的
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