sententious

GRE

英[sen?ten??s]
美[s?n?t?n??s]

基本釋義

adj.
說教的; 賣弄文采的,咬文嚼字的; 愛用格言[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)表意見總是用柔和的聲音,簡短的句子。

辭典例句

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

他發(fā)表意見總是用柔和的聲音,簡短的句子.

辭典例句

Too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation.

太多的時候,重要的插話演變成了一種說教式的對話.

互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

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

但恰恰相反, 通過無線電波從收音機(jī)里傳出的是大本鐘柔和圓潤的鐘聲,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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