sententious

GRE

英[sen?ten??s]
美[s?n?t?n??s]

基本釋義

adj.
說(shuō)教的; 賣(mài)弄文采的,咬文嚼字的; 愛(ài)用格言[警句]的

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

Generally his ideas were expressed in sententious phrase, spoken in low voice .

他發(fā)表意見(jiàn)總是用柔和的聲音,簡(jiǎn)短的句子。

辭典例句

Generally his ideas were expressed in brief sententious phrase, spoken in low voice.

他發(fā)表意見(jiàn)總是用柔和的聲音,簡(jiǎn)短的句子.

辭典例句

Too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation.

太多的時(shí)候,重要的插話(huà)演變成了一種說(shuō)教式的對(duì)話(huà).

互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

Instead, Big Ben's mellow voice came clear, sententious . Reassuring, over the air.

但恰恰相反, 通過(guò)無(wú)線(xiàn)電波從收音機(jī)里傳出的是大本鐘柔和圓潤(rùn)的鐘聲,那么清晰 、 威嚴(yán), 給人以安慰和信心.

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英英釋義

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

    "too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation"- Kathleen Barnes

  • 2. concise and full of meaning;

    "welcomed her pithy comments"

    "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen

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