首页sententioussententious英英释意

sententious

英 [sen'tenʃəs] 美[sɛn'tɛnʃəs]
  • adj. 简洁精炼的;警句的,富于格言的

英英释意


1. abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing;
"too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation"- Kathleen Barnes
2. concise and full of meaning;
"welcomed her pithy comments"
"the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen