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sen·ten·tious
/sɛnˈtɛn(t)ʃəs/
(
a
.)簡潔的,警句的,富于格言的
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Sen·ten·tious
a.
1.
Abounding
with
sentences
,
axioms
,
and
maxims
;
full
of
meaning
;
terse
and
energetic
in
expression
;
pithy
;
as
,
a
sententious
style
or
discourse
;
sententious
truth
.
How
he
apes
his
sire
,
Ambitiously
sententious
! --
Addison
.
2.
Comprising
or
representing
sentences
;
sentential
. [
Obs
.]
“
Sententious
marks.”
--
Sen*ten*tious*ly
,
adv.
--
Sen*ten*tious*ness
,
n.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
sententious
adj
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
";
"
the
peculiarly
sardonic
and
sententious
style
in
which
Don
Luis
composed
his
epigrams
"-
Hervey
Allen
[
syn
:
pithy
]
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