sententious 详细解释

sententious

[sen'tenʃəs]

adj.说教的, 简洁的,警句的

词形变化

副词: sententiously | 名词: sententiousness |

英英释义

形容词 sententious:

abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing- Kathleen Barnes

concise and full of meaning- Hervey Allen

同义词：pithy

补充

sententioussententious英:[senˈtenʃəs] 美:[sɛnˈtɛnʃəs]adj.1.说教的2.卖弄文采的, 咬文嚼字的3.爱用格言[警句]的

例句

1. he tried to encourage his men with sententious rhetoric.他试图用说教的言词鼓励他的士兵。 2. a smug and sententious writer自鸣得意且好说教的作家 3. a sententious speech说教式的演讲 4. He spoke sententiously.他讲话带有说教的味道。

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