sententious

sententious读音音标

英 [senˈtenʃəs]

美 [sɛnˈtɛnʃəs]

sententious意思解释

adj.

说教的；

卖弄文采的，咬文嚼字的；

爱用格言[警句]的；

英英释义

adj.

abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing

\"too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation\"

concise and full of meaning

\"the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams\"

同义词：pithy

双语例句

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