1 ADJ-GRADED （指说话、写作或举止）自命不凡的，装腔作势的 If someone's way of speaking, writing, or behaving is portentous, they speak, write, or behave more seriously than necessary because they want to impress other people. （指说话、写作或举止）自命不凡的，装腔作势的 [formal, disapproval]
SYN pompous, solemn, ponderous, self-important
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'The difference is,' he said portentously, 'you are Anglo-Saxons, we are Latins.'
他拿腔拿调地说道：“区别在于你们是盎格鲁—撒克逊人，我们是拉丁人。”
2 ADJ-GRADED 预示未来的；影响重大的 Something that is portentous is important in indicating or affecting future events. 预示未来的；影响重大的 [formal]
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In social politics, too, the city's contribution to 20th century thought and culture was no less portentous.
同样从社会政治学上看，城市对20世纪思想、文化的贡献也意义重大。
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Portentous choices were forced on him by the dozen.
众多事关重大的抉择强加在了他身上。
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