sententious
adj.简洁的,警句的,富于格言的,很多(过分)说教式的
难易程度:
sententious为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:sententiousness 副词:sententiously
词根
sens,sent=to feel(感觉)
近义词, 同义词
sententious
/sen'tenʃəs; sɛn`tɛnʃəs/ adj (fml derog 文, 贬) expressing pompous moral judgements 说教的
*a sententious speaker, speech, remark, book 说教式的演讲者、演说、言语、书.
sententious
adj formal
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin;Origin: sententiosus 'full of meaning', from sententia; SENTENCE1]
telling people how they should behave - used in order to show disapproval
sententious remarks
>sententiouslyadv