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

sententioussen‧ten‧tious /senˈtenʃəs/ adjective formal

WORD ORIGINsententious

Origin:

1400-1500 Latin sententiosus ‘full of meaning’, from sententia; ➔ SENTENCE1

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

It was quiet, reminiscent, a little sententious.
On its own this reads like a perfectly ordinary youthful Europeanized sententious romantic flourish.
Perhaps her last remark was a bit sententious?

telling people how they should behave – used to show disapproval:

sententious remarks—sententiously adverb

单词	sententious
释义	sententioussen‧ten‧tious /senˈtenʃəs/ adjective formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINsententious Origin: 1400-1500 Latin sententiosus ‘full of meaning’, from sententia; ➔ SENTENCE1 Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS It was quiet, reminiscent, a little sententious. On its own this reads like a perfectly ordinary youthful Europeanized sententious romantic flourish. Perhaps her last remark was a bit sententious? telling people how they should behave – used to show disapproval: sententious remarks—sententiously adverb
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