transcription, транскрипция: [ səblaɪm ]
1.
If you describe something as sublime , you mean that it has a wonderful quality that affects you deeply. ( LITERARY )
Sublime music floats on a scented summer breeze to the spot where you lie.
ADJ : usu ADJ n [ approval ]
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You can refer to sublime things as the sublime .
She elevated every rare small success to the sublime.
N-SING : the N
• sub‧lime‧ly
...the most sublimely beautiful of all living things.
ADV : usu ADV adj
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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.
At times the show veered from the sublime to the ridiculous.
PHRASE : PHR after v
2.
You can use sublime to emphasize a quality that someone or something has, usually a quality that is undesirable or negative. ( FORMAL or LITERARY )
The administration’s sublime incompetence is probably temporary...
He displayed a sublime indifference to the distinction between right and wrong.
ADJ : usu ADJ n [ emphasis ]
• sub‧lime‧ly
Mrs Trollope was sublimely uninterested in what she herself wore.
ADV : usu ADV adj