sententious
英 [sen'ten??s]
美[s?n't?n??s]
- adj. 簡潔精煉的；警句的，富于格言的
GRE
詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?sententiously;
中文詞源
sententious 說教的，多格言警句的
sentence,教條，教導，格言，-ous,形容詞后綴。
英文詞源
- sententious (adj.)
- mid-15c., "full of meaning," from Middle French sententieux, from Latin sententiosus "full of meaning, pithy," from sententia "thought; expression of a thought" (see sentence (n.)). Meaning "addicted to pompous moralizing" first recorded 1590s. Related: Sententiously; sententiousness.
雙語例句
- 1. 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。
來自辭典例句
- 2. 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.
來自辭典例句
- 3. 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.
來自互聯網
- 4. 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里傳出的是大本鐘柔和圓潤的鐘聲,那么清晰 、 威嚴, 給人以安慰和信心.
來自互聯網