It was a bank that started out with grand ideas and lofty ideals.

那是一家创办时带着宏大理念、崇高理想的银行。

They were richly gilt, and their lofty prows and sterns were elaborately carved.

它们都漆成富丽的金色，高大的船头和船尾都是精雕细琢的。

The room was light and lofty compared to the basement.

这个房间与地下室比起来更亮更高。

It no longer confused him to have these lofty personages kiss his hand at parting.

这些高贵的人物临别时吻他的手，他也不再感到慌张了。

Lofty derricks dot the landscape in an oil field.

高耸的井架点缀着油田的景色。

The lofty pagoda stands like a giant at the top of the mountain.

巍巍宝塔屹立在山巅。

We have hope to quadruple the total industrial and agricultural output by the end of the century, which is a lofty aim.

我们有雄心壮志， 到本世纪末， 使工农业生产总值翻两番。

This heroic utterance by Comrade Wang Jinxi voices the lofty aspirations of the workers and caders of Daqing and their families.

王进喜同志的这句豪言壮语，表达了大庆工人、干部和家属的雄心壮志。

They resembled lofty, ambulant, insectile bundles of reeds.

它们就像一束束高大的、移动的、带虫的芦苇。

LOFTY CHALLENGES, WORKABLE standards.

崇高的挑战，可执行的标准。

LOFTY words are always a hostage to fortune.

崇高的字眼从来就是命运的人质。

He used lofty terms.

他使用高深的词语。

What that lofty figure represents is unclear.

这个崇高的数目代表了什么并不清楚.

Of all the lofty practices, it is the most abused.

这是所有崇高行为中被滥用最多的。

The lofty discourse on "cyberspace" has long changed.

关于“网路空间”的崇高演讲已经历经改变。

But the workers are well aware of their lofty mission.

但这里的员工都意识到自己的使命有多么崇高。

Mr Erdogan has good reason for his lofty confidence.

埃尔多安先生有着傲慢狂妄的正当理由。

The people all over the country resounded his lofty moral character.

全国人民都赞扬他高尚的品德。

Groups, though, if badly organised, can stifle lofty ambitions.

但如果组织不善，群体就会扼杀人们蓬勃的抱负。

I come to lowly church halls and lofty cathedrals for what purpose?

我来到低教会派教会的门厅和高耸的大教堂为的是什么？

Set lofty goals for yourself and never do anything to achieve them.

设立遥不可及的目标，从未采取行动实现。

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.

这样的知识奇妙，是我不能测的。 至高，是我不能及的。

Perhaps one difference is a sense of pragmatism over lofty idealism.

也许不同之处在于所持的是实用主义，而不是崇高的理想主义。

On the lofty heights, the pure light of mind could be seen flickering.

人们望见在宁静的顶峰上闪颤着思想的纯洁光辉。

The meeting in Tripoli, however, wasn't entirely focused on such lofty matters.

然而在的黎波里的会议，并不是完全讨论这些崇高的问题。