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sententiously
adverb
disapprovinguk /senˈten.ʃəs.li/ us /senˈten.ʃəs.li/
in a sententious way (= trying to appear wise, intelligent, and important): 好说教地;说教式地;自以为是地
"There are many things to be considered before that question can be answered properly," I said sententiously.“在正确回答这个问题之前，有很多事情需要考虑，”我意味深长地说。
These gentlemen deliver their opinions sententiously.这些先生们以说教的口吻发表了他们的意见。
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sententious
"One's got to make the effort," she said sententiously.
The Prime Minister observed sententiously that "the loss of life is something that makes us all sad."
He declares sententiously that lost riches can be recovered but death is without remedy.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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(as) proud as Luciferidiom
airs and gracesidiom
arrogant
arrogantly
as if you owned the placeidiom
egoistic
egoistically
egomaniacal
egomaniacally
egotistic
patronizing
patronizingly
pomposity
pompous
pompously
swollen head
swollen-headed
talk down to someone
think the (whole) world revolves around youidiom
throw your weight aroundidiom
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