单词:sententious
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.)
- 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. KingsleyAs Harry said in sententious vernacular, 'I wasn't having any.'
出自:Pall Mall Gazette
【近义词】
- moralizing说教
- moralistic狭隘道德观的...
- judgmental(主观)判断的...
- critical批评的
- censorious苛评的
- disapproving不赞同的
- pithy简练的