| 释义 |
sophoˈmorical, a. U.S.
[f. as prec. + -ical.]
= prec. Hence sophoˈmorically adv.
1847Wells & Davis Sketches Williams Coll. 74 (Thornton), The Professor told me it was rather Sophomorical. Wonder what was intended by that epithet. 1859Bartlett Dict. Amer. (ed. 2) 429 Sophomorical, a term applied to speeches and writings containing high-sounding words and but little sense. 1883Science II. 113/2 The paper is decidedly sophomorical. 1889Literary World (Boston) 21 Dec. 485/2 The question of public worship is discussed rather sophomorically by Rev. D. S. Clark, and more thoughtfully and soberly by an unnamed ‘pastor’. |