His high minded dreams were only limited by a serious budget restriction.

他崇高的梦想只是受到严格的预算限制的限制。

The other thing that Dickens did to keep us on board with his high minded vision of social reform, was to keep on showing how well he understood the cosy, pleasing, enjoyable things of life.

狄更斯为了让我们认同他对社会改革的崇高愿景所做的另一件事是不断展示他对生活中舒适、愉悦、愉快的事物的理解程度。

We may also have a more high minded defence for our silence: we aspire to be profound people and there is no way that we can get anywhere meaningful with a near or complete stranger in a compressed amount of time.

我们也可能对自己的沉默有着更高尚的辩护：我们渴望成为深刻的人，我们不可能在短时间内与一个几乎完全陌生的人取得任何有意义的进展。