sententious

英[sen'tenʃəs] 美[sen'tenʃəs]
  • adj. 说教的；简洁的；警句的
sententiously sententiousness
GRE

详细释义

Adjective:
  1. abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing;

    "too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation"

  2. concise and full of meaning;

    "welcomed her pithy comments"
    "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"

双语例句

1. Generally his ideas were expressed in sententious phrase, spoken in low voice .
他发表意见总是用柔和的声音，简短的句子。

来自辞典例句

2. Generally his ideas were expressed in brief sententious phrase, spoken in low voice.
他发表意见总是用柔和的声音,简短的句子.

来自辞典例句

3. Too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation.
太多的时候,重要的插话演变成了一种说教式的对话.

来自互联网

4. Instead, Big Ben's mellow voice came clear, sententious . Reassuring, over the air.
但恰恰相反, 通过无线电波从收音机里传出的是大本钟柔和圆润的钟声,那么清晰 、 威严, 给人以安慰和信心.

来自互联网

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. The document was too sententious and pompous.
      这份文件过于说教式的，华而不实。

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【邻近词汇】

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