单词：portentous
考试类型：[GRE]
portentous的用法和样例：
例句
- The present aspect of society is portentous of great change.现在的社会预示着重大变革的发生。
- I see a portentous thing to come.我预感不祥的事情要来到了。
- Such a portentous and mysterious monster roused all my curiosity.这样一个可怕而神秘的怪物激起了我所有的猎奇心。
- Keep it, in any case, familiar, facetious even, rather then pedantic and portentous.无论如何，要使它显得很随便，甚至滑稽可笑，而不要显得很迂腐，夜郎自大。
经典引文
The solemn and portentous look of an eminent physician about to impart grim news.
出自：D. Acheson
- significant重要的
- black黑的
- alarming惊人的
- fated命中注定的
- forbidding可怕的
- pompous傲慢的
- fateful宿命的
- important重要的
- crucial决定性的
- ominous不祥的
- threatening威胁(性)的
- pretentious自命不凡的
- self-important妄自尊大的
- haughty傲慢的
- arrogant傲慢的
- solemn庄严的
- grave坟墓
- serious严肃的
- prodigious巨大的
- grandiloquent辞藻浮华的
- overblown停息的
- pontifical自以为是的
- foreboding不祥的预感
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