At first, as already told, she had flirted fancifully with her own image in a pool of water, beckoning the phantom forth, and—as it declined to venture—seeking a passage for herself into its sphere of impalpable earth and unattainable sky.

起初，正如已经说过，她幻想着自己水池中调情， 召唤幻影前来，并且——当它拒绝冒险时——为自己寻找一条进入它不可触摸大地和高不可攀天空通道。

Because they're not looking up that far.

因为他没有那么高不可攀。

With social media and popular culture setting unattainable standards of perceived beauty, millions of women and men in China and elsewhere have gone to extraordinary lengths to look the part.

随着社交媒体和流行文化设定了高不可攀审美标准，中国和其他地方数百万男女竭尽全力去扮演这个角色。

Their interest rather touched me and made them less remotely rich—nevertheless, I was confused and a little disgusted as I drove away.

他们对我关心倒很使我感动，也使他们不显得那么有钱与高不可攀了。虽如此，我开车回家路上，我感到迷惑不解，还有点厌恶。

Another way we often use this phrase is to talk about how somebody else is out of your league because they are better.

我们常说另一种情况是，某人比你优秀，所以你觉得他们“高不可攀”。

He turned toward the abashed girl, and in his most distinguished manner said: " We accept gratefully, madame."

他转过头去向着那个怯生生胖姑娘，装出一副高不可攀绅士派头，对她说：“我们领情了，谢谢，太太。”

The unattainable things that I wanted to dream about and strive for.

我想要梦想和努力高不可攀东西。

You have to find them a seemingly unattainable love interest.

你必须找到他们看似高不可攀爱情。

And remember, scoring 100 plus on the TOEFL isn't rocket science.

记住，考试中取得100分以上并非高不可攀。

You're struggling with the ability to buy a house because it's so out of reach.

你正为买房能力而挣扎，因为房价已经高不可攀。

I couldn't imagine, you know, this tongue twister for me was the Everest Mount.

难以想，你知道吗，对我来说，这个绕口令就像珠穆朗玛峰一样高不可攀。

Some are going to be below you.

有些人会觉得你高不可攀。

As mortgage rates have come down, housing remains unaffordable.

随着抵押贷款利率下降，房价依高不可攀。

And that was in a world where trade barriers like tariffs were not impossibly high.

而一个贸易壁垒如关税并非高不可攀世界里。

We are more ready to give up the dubious, the glamorous and the unattainable, but at the same time to hold on to the few things that we know will give us happiness.

我们更愿意放弃可疑、迷人和高不可攀事物，但同时坚持少数我们知道会给我们带来幸事物。

He looked back at the high and unclimbable wall behind, unclimbable because of its smooth plastering, but withal pierced with many little doors, and at the approaching line of seekers.

他回头望向身后那堵高不可攀墙，由于表面光滑粉刷， 它确实难以攀爬，而却布满了许多小门，同时他注视着那逐渐靠近一排寻求者。 这些人身后， 街道上房屋里又有人陆续走出。

So what advice would you have for younger lawyers or even slightly more senior lawyers who think that the concept of thought leadership is too lofty a goal.

那么，你对年轻律师，甚至稍微资深一些律师有什么建议呢？他们可能觉得“思想领导力”这个概念太高不可攀了。

If you really do fancy them, you're not immediately putting them on some kind of pedestal where you now feel like you have to win them over.

如果你真喜欢他们，你不会立刻把他们放一个高不可攀位置，让你觉得自己必须去赢得他们青睐。

Harney and Charity had found a table in the corner of a balcony built over the Lake, and were patiently awaiting an unattainable chowder.

Harney 和 Charity 建湖上阳台角落里找到了一张桌子，正耐心地等待一份高不可攀杂烩。

And I think you're going to see when you start to take it off of the pedestal and surprise her more with it.

我认为你会注意到，当你开始不再把它视为高不可攀东西，而是用它给她更多惊喜时，尤其是她最意想不到时候，她会开始意识到，‘我也能拥有这个。’