音标:[sen'tenʃәs] ;
a. 简洁的, 警句的, 富于格言的
s. abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing

考试类型:[GRE]

sententious的用法和样例:

例句

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

经典引文

  • A long sententious letter, full of Latin quotations.

    出自:C. Kingsley
  • As Harry said in sententious vernacular, 'I wasn't having any.'

    出自:Pall Mall Gazette
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