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单词 sententious
释义
sententious
adjective
formaldisapproving
uk
/senˈten.ʃəs/us
/senˈten.ʃəs/
tryingtoappearwise,intelligent, andimportant, in a way that isannoying:
好说教的；说教式的；自以为是的
Thedocumentwas sententious andpompous.这份文件一味说教，华而不实。
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sententiously
(Definition ofsententiousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsententious

sententious
For he sets it all out almost entirely without beingsententious.
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In fact, the farce can be divided into sections by subject matter, in which the farmers harp on themes to be appropriated by narrators ofsententiousvillanesche.
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Who is he to take them to task when he is positively boasting of what he calls hissententiousasides?
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I shall try to moderate my reply, despite thesententiousterms of the question.
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It is no good our beingsententiousabout what occurs to a foster child when this is going on.
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It makes itsententiousand even more offensive.
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I hope that these few comments have not soundedsententious.
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We are going to vote, we hope and believe without beingsententious, on a matter of principle as opposed to a matter of expediency.
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I shall not conclude with anysententiousremarks.
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The possibilities of quotation and counter-quotation are infinite and, up to a point, great fun, but do not let there be anysententiousnonsense about it.
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He said so many wise things to us and uttered them in so pithy andsententiousa style that one could never forget them.
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They are full of trope and figure, frequently with much force of application, quaint andsententious.
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He is obsequious towards the powerful, arrogant towards the weak,sententiousand narrow-minded.
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Immensely popular during the early part of his career, his works were subsequently dismissed assententiousand sentimental.
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They often have asententioustone and convey a feeling of intimate pain.
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