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单词
sententious
释义
sententious
sen‧ten‧tious
/
senˈtenʃəs
/
adjective
formal
Word Origin
WORD ORIGIN
sententious
Origin:
1400-1500
Latin
sententiosus
‘full of meaning’
, from
sententia
;
➔
SENTENCE
1
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
It was quiet, reminiscent, a little
sententious
.
On its own this reads like a perfectly ordinary youthful Europeanized
sententious
romantic flourish.
Perhaps her last remark was a bit
sententious
?
telling people how they should behave – used to show disapproval
:
sententious remarks
—
sententiously
adverb
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favour
favourable
favourably
favoured
favourite
favouritism
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fawn
fawning
fax
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