sententious
의미: Given to moralising in a self-righteous or pompous way; excessively fond of making wise-sounding pronouncements.
Sententious has shifted over the centuries from a positive meaning (full of wisdom, pithy) to a predominantly negative one (preachy, sanctimonious). It now almost always implies that the speaker is being tiresomely moralistic or pretentiously wise. The word is relatively rare in everyday speech but appears in literary criticism and journalism. Common collocations include 'sententious tone,' 'sententious pronouncements,' and 'sententious moralising.'
예문
- The headmaster's sententious speech about the value of hard work drew barely concealed eye-rolls from the sixth-formers. 校长关于勤奋价值的说教式演讲引来了高年级学生们几乎不加掩饰的白眼。El discurso sentencioso del director sobre el valor del trabajo duro provocó el disimulado hastío de los alumnos de bachillerato.勤勉の価値についての校長の説教がましいスピーチは、上級生たちのかろうじて隠された白い目を招いた。근면의 가치에 대한 교장의 설교조 연설은 고학년 학생들의 간신히 숨긴 눈 흘기기를 유발했다.
- The novel is marred by sententious passages in which the narrator pauses to deliver lectures on the human condition. 这部小说因叙述者不时停下来就人类境况发表的说教段落而大打折扣。La novela se ve perjudicada por pasajes sentenciosos en los que el narrador se detiene a dar lecciones sobre la condición humana.その小説は、語り手が立ち止まって人間の条件について講釈を垂れる説教くさい箇所によって損なわれている。그 소설은 서술자가 멈춰 서서 인간 조건에 대해 장광설을 늘어놓는 설교조 문단들로 인해 손상되었다.
- He had a sententious way of quoting proverbs at every opportunity, as though life were a series of moral fables. 他有一种动辄引用谚语的说教习惯,仿佛生活就是一系列道德寓言。Tenía una forma sentenciosa de citar proverbios a la menor oportunidad, como si la vida fuese una serie de fábulas morales.彼はことあるごとに格言を引用する説教がましい癖があり、まるで人生が一連の教訓話であるかのようだった。그는 기회만 있으면 격언을 인용하는 설교조의 버릇이 있어, 마치 인생이 일련의 교훈담인 양 굴었다.
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사용 가이드
맥락: literary, academic, journalism
어조: neutral
기원과 역사
From Latin 'sententiosus' meaning full of meaning or pithy, from 'sententia' (opinion, judgment, maxim). The pejorative sense of pompous moralising developed in English by the 17th century.
문화적 배경
Era: Modern
Generation: All ages
Social background: Universal
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