sententious

英 [sen'tenʃəs] 美 [sen'tenʃəs]

• adj. 说教的；简洁的；警句的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing;

   "too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation"
   

2. concise and full of meaning;

   "welcomed her pithy comments"
   "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"
   

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

近反义词

【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