--(Kitty leaves the ballet together with Myra. But a job is hard to find and the life is harsh.)--KITTY: Well, no more ballet for me. I’m sick of being highbrow with my feet. You and I, ducky, are going to get into a revue.

--(凯蒂和玛拉一起离开了芭蕾舞团。工作难找,生活艰难。一天,玛拉收到罗伊母亲的来信,表示希望见到她。)--凯蒂:哦,我再不用跑芭蕾了。我讨厌了劈叉。你和我,亲爱的,会去演一出小剧目。

IN THIS ARTICLE: People rejected the English language game Scrabble at first as too "highbrow "or "complicated"

本文简介:人们起初以“高深复杂”为由拒绝接受拼字游戏这种英语文字游戏。

highbrow drama (music)

格调高雅的戏剧(音乐).

A highbrow is the kind of person who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso.

所谓有高度文化修养的人,就是看见香肠即思及毕加索的人。

He added a board, but it was still rejected as being "too highbrow ", "too serious", "too complicated"

他加上了棋盘,可人们还是说他的游戏“太高深”,“太严肃”,“太复杂”。

They only attend highbrow events such as the ballet or the opera.

他们只参加高雅活动例如观看芭蕾舞或歌剧

He is a highbrow as far as music goes.

他在音乐方面自命不凡.

One who is somewhat cultured;one who is neither highbrow nor lowbrow.

文化教养一般的人;中产阶级趣味的人受过某种程度教育的人;既非上层又非下层的人

We had a highbrow discussion on classical music

我们就古典音乐来了一次高水平的讨论。

We boast of our dislike of highbrow art and music, and we have more and better-attended symphonies, art galleries, and theaters than any country in the world

我们自豪地说自己讨厌那些曲高和寡的艺术和音乐,但是我们的交响乐团、艺术馆和剧院有着比世界上任何国家更多的听众,观众。

Italian television could never be accused of being highbrow , but now it's apparently become so tacky that most Italians would rather watch commercials, according to a new survey

意大利的电视节目向来说不上是阳春白雪,但一项新的调查显示它现在显然是太俗了,俗到大部分意大利人宁愿看广告也不看它的地步。

What appeals to me in the highbrow papers are the books and film reviews

在第一流的报纸内对我颇有吸引力的是书刊评论和影评。

An intellectual;a highbrow .

知识分子知识分子,自以为有大学问的人

I was holding her hand"Men are carnal"I said,as a more highbrow way of expressing that the way to a man's heart is through his belly.

作为“让你的丈夫吃得好,他才会永远爱你”这句话的更富高级趣味的表达方式,我握着她的手,说道:“男人是由肉体组成的。”

||1: French film-makers are good at turning out silly comedies that foreigners find unwatchable. ||2: They have a better export record with highbrow , low-plot movies, set in chic apartments with parquet floors, that feel moodily French. ||3: Just occasionally, however, they come up with a comic gem. ||4: “Intouchables”, directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, is one of those cleverly pitched, well-scripted, feel-good comic films typically crafted in Hollywood; it is a delight to see that the French can sometimes pull them off too. ||5: With more than 4m tickets sold since it opened earlier this month, the film is set to be a boxoffice smash.

||1:法国电影制作人擅长导演让外国观众看不下去的无厘头喜剧。||2:电影的口碑也多为孤芳自赏和缺乏情节，多以别致的公寓，干净的木地板为背景，让人能感觉到沉闷的法国风格。||3:然而偶尔，他们也会有好的喜剧作品。||4:由奥利维·那卡和艾力克·托兰达导演电影《不可触碰》就是一例。该电影制作精良，剧本精心推敲，倒像是典型出自好莱坞的喜剧片，很高兴看到法兰西人能时不时突破自己。||5:影片自11月初首映以来就已突破400万张票房业绩，这部电影势必会成为一部轰动票房之作。

||1: French film-makers are good at turning out silly comedies that foreigners find unwatchable. ||2: They have a better export record with highbrow , low-plot movies, set in chic apartments with parquet floors, that feel moodily French. ||3: Just occasionally, however, they come up with a comic gem. “Intouchables”, directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, is one of those cleverly pitched, well-scripted, feel-good comic films typically crafted in Hollywood; it is a delight to see that the French can sometimes pull them off too. ||4: With more than 4m tickets sold since it opened earlier this month, the film is set to be a boxoffice smash.

||1:法国影人善于制作外国人觉得没什么看头的无厘头喜剧。||2:他们在出口平铺直叙的、设定在镶木地板的现代公寓里的、让人感受跃动法兰西的文艺片方面有着较好记录。||3:但他们也偶尔出产喜剧精品：由奥利弗·纳卡切与埃里克·托勒达诺执导的《不可触及》就是那种巧妙定位、精心编写、让人感觉不错的通常是由好莱坞制作的喜剧片。我们乐见法国人有时也能赢得如此评价。||4:自本月上旬首映以来，随着票房超过400万，该片必将成为大热。

THE Toronto film festival, which ends this week, marks the start of the serious-film season. Out—at least until Thanksgiving, in late November—go the superhero spectaculars. In come the foreign films and the dining-room dramas. The autumn crop is far more prone to failure than the summer one.|| But highbrow films now come with higher hopes.||

本周结束的多伦多电影节,标志着严肃题材电影季节拉开了帷幕。依靠超级英雄来博取票房的电影至少要持续播映到十一月末的感恩节。外国电影和文艺影片将走向舞台。可以预计的是秋季票房收入比夏季还要惨淡。但高格调电影迎来了更高的期许。

But highbrow films now come with higher hopes.

但高格调电影迎来了更高的期许。

But it is not all highbrow .

但读者不全是文化修养高的人。

But it remains true, says Mr Roy, that the Brotherhood's back-to-basics ethos is averse to highbrow theology.

但是鲁瓦认为，穆斯林兄弟会“回归基点（back-to-basics）”的社会思潮厌恶自以为高素养高学识的神学理论仍然是一个事实。

The autumn crop is far more prone to failure than the summer one. But highbrow films now come with higher hopes.

今年秋季档的影片失败的风险比暑期档的还大，不过这次文艺片获胜的希望还大一些。

Go figure. (You can tell I'm about to delve into really highbrow , heady stuff here. . . )

你想象一下就会明白的。（你也可以说我正在研究的课题真是曲高和寡，令人兴奋之处就在于此…。）

It's better for you to highbrow her, but you have to read these two books beforehand.

你最好向她卖弄一下你的学识，不过你得先把这两本书读一下。

THE post-apocalyptic seems to be all the rage with readers of novels and short stories, both highbrow and low.

似乎后启示文学流派的作品在无论是长篇小说还是小小说都开始在读者中流行起来了，并且都成为雅俗共赏故事。

So, it isn't just the holier-than-highbrow who should be envious of China's clampdown.

因此，应该眼红中国限娱令的，不只是那些比自诩高雅者还要清高的人。

Only if you are from the United States will you truly understand the highbrow culture of those from north-eastern region.

只有当你来自美国，你才会真正地理解东北部地区人的不切实际的文化。

highbrow press

学术水平较高的报刊

highbrow publications

学术水平较高的出版物

too highbrow to be popular

曲高和寡

too highbrow to be popular

由浅入深

highbrow art@literature or music

阳春白雪