英语词汇“portentous”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

portentouspor‧ten‧tous /pɔːˈtentəs $ pɔːr-/ adjective

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Hence the portentous, and even fatuous slogan which towered each year in brightest blue above the rostrum.
Last week Karl-Marx Allee was again treated to the sounds of portentous rhetoric and polite laughter.
Neither the Realists nor the photographers were unaware of the significance of such a portentous conjunction.
Such alarms reflected the Alsops' tendency to cloak their analyses in portentous terms of dread and dismay.
Sunderland won 2-1; perhaps he will think it portentous.
That Grunwald had a good seat for all this is obviated by his talent for the portentous and gift for the unremarkable.
The captured instant often takes on meanings far more portentous than the actual event.
The split reflected a portentous difference of approach within the Party.

1literary showing that something important is going to happen, especially something bad:

Recent developments are as portentous as the collapse of the Berlin Wall.2trying to appear important and serious:

a portentous film

单词	portentous
释义	portentouspor‧ten‧tous /pɔːˈtentəs $ pɔːr-/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Hence the portentous, and even fatuous slogan which towered each year in brightest blue above the rostrum. Last week Karl-Marx Allee was again treated to the sounds of portentous rhetoric and polite laughter. Neither the Realists nor the photographers were unaware of the significance of such a portentous conjunction. Such alarms reflected the Alsops' tendency to cloak their analyses in portentous terms of dread and dismay. Sunderland won 2-1; perhaps he will think it portentous. That Grunwald had a good seat for all this is obviated by his talent for the portentous and gift for the unremarkable. The captured instant often takes on meanings far more portentous than the actual event. The split reflected a portentous difference of approach within the Party. 1literary showing that something important is going to happen, especially something bad: Recent developments are as portentous as the collapse of the Berlin Wall.2trying to appear important and serious: a portentous film
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