1ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n]崇高的;壮丽的;宏伟的;令人赞叹的 If you describe something as sublime, you mean that it has a wonderful quality that affects you deeply. 崇高的;壮丽的;宏伟的;令人赞叹的 [literary, approval]
Sublime music floats on a scented summer breeze to the spot where you lie.
You can refer to sublime things as the sublime .崇高的事物;壮丽的景象;绝妙的东西
She elevated every rare small success to the sublime.
她把每一个极不起眼的小小成功都夸大成非凡的成就。
sublimely
PHRASE
...the most sublimely beautiful of all living things.
所有生命中最惊艳的
If you describe something as going from the sublime to the ridiculous, you mean that it involves a change from something very good or serious to something silly or unimportant.从高超到荒谬;从高雅到低俗
At times the show veered from the sublime to the ridiculous.
有时表演会突然从高雅而变得低俗。
2ADJ [usually ADJ n]极端的;过分的;令人无比反感的 You can use sublime to emphasize a quality that someone or something has, usually a quality that is undesirable or negative. 极端的;过分的;令人无比反感的 [formal, or literary, emphasis]
The administration's sublime incompetence is probably temporary.
政府的极端软弱无能或许只是暂时的。
He displayed a sublime indifference to the distinction between right and wrong.
Mrs Trollope was sublimely uninterested in what she herself wore.
特罗洛普夫人丝毫不在意自己穿什么衣服。
Quotations
It is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculousNapoleon Bonaparte
The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime, makes the ridiculous; and one step above the ridiculous, makes the sublime againThomas PaineThe Age of Reason