Sententious
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- adj. 好说教的; 简要的
- ［英］ adj. 好说教的 ( abounding in excessive moralizing) ; 简要的 ( terse; pithy)
- ［记］ sentence ( 句子) +ious -> 一个句子说完 -> 简要的
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
adjective
- Etymology: Middle English, full of meaning, from Latin sententiosus, from sententia sentence, maxim
- Date: 1509
- 1.
- a. given to or abounding in aphoristic expression
- b. given to or abounding in excessive moralizing
- 2. terse, aphoristic, or moralistic in expression ; pithy, epigrammatic
- ? sententiously adverb
- ? sententiousness noun
