late Middle English: from Latin sententiosus, from sententiaopinion (see sentence). The original sense was full of meaning or wisdom, later becoming depreciatory
英英釋義網絡釋義
noun
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
-sententious
1 . 簡潔的
sentential 句子的sententious簡潔的sententiously 簡潔地
2 . 簡要的
preach v. 傳教,講道sententiousadj. 好說教的;簡要的sermon n. 說教,訓誡;布道
3 . 好說教的
preach v. 傳教,講道sententiousadj. 好說教的;簡要的sermon n. 說教,訓誡;布道
4 . 富于格言的
[醫] 偷竊sententiousadj. 簡潔的,警句的,富于格言的,說教的Concise, pithy; abounding with maxims and proverbs.
相關詞條
+sentential connective
1 . 命題聯結詞
sentential calculus 命題演算sentential connective 命題聯結詞sentential function 謂詞