rarefied

1. ADJ If you talk about the rarefied atmosphere of a place or institution, you are expressing your disapproval of it, because it has a special social or academic status that makes it very different from ordinary life. 高高在上的; 過于高貴的; 脫離現(xiàn)實(shí)生活的[usu ADJ n] [表不滿]

It is important for the state's future administrators to get out of the rarefied air of the capital. 對該國未來的統(tǒng)治者來說，擺脫首都高高在上的氛圍十分重要。

2. ADJ Rarefied air is air that does not contain much oxygen, for example in mountain areas. (空氣)稀薄的; 含氧量少的

...living at very high altitudes where the atmosphere is rarefied. ...生活在空氣稀薄的高海拔地區(qū)。