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sententious

adj.简洁的,警句的,富于格言的,很多(过分)说教式的

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sententious为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

名词:sententiousness 副词:sententiously

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sens,sent=to feel(感觉)

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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