sententious是什么意思？

sententious

英[senˈtenʃəs] 美[sɛnˈtɛnʃəs]

• adj. 说教的，卖弄文采的，咬文嚼字的，爱用格言[警句]的；

副词：sententiously;

例句

• a sententious essayist 爱用警句的杂文家
• Too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation. 太多的时候,重要的插话演变成了一种说教式的对话.
• Generally his ideas were expressed in brief sententious phrase, spoken in low voice. 他发表意见总是用柔和的声音,简短的句子.
• Generally his ideas were expressed in sententious phrase, spoken in low voice . 他发表意见总是用柔和的声音，简短的句子。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  爱用格言〔警句〕的
  a sententious essayist 爱用警句的杂文家

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  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