portentous

  畅通词汇  
[pɔː'tentəs]     [pɔːr'tentəs]    
  • adj. 前兆的;不吉的;可怕的;煞有介事的;自命不凡的
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portentous的英文翻译是什么意思,词典释义与在线翻译:

英英释义

Adjective:
  1. of momentous or ominous significance;

    "such a portentous...monster raised all my curiosity"
    "a prodigious vision"

  2. ominously prophetic

  3. puffed up with vanity;

    "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"
    "overblown oratory"
    "a pompous speech"
    "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"

portentous的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)
  1. The present aspect of society is portentous of great change.
    现在的社会预示着重大变革的发生。
  2. I see a portentous thing to come.
    我预感不祥的事情要来到了。
  3. Such a portentous and mysterious monster roused all my curiosity.
    这样一个可怕而神秘的怪物激起了我所有的猎奇心。
  4. Keep it, in any case, familiar, facetious even, rather then pedantic and portentous.
    无论如何,要使它显得很随便,甚至滑稽可笑,而不要显得很迂腐,夜郎自大。

经典引文

  • The solemn and portentous look of an eminent physician about to impart grim news.

    出自: D. Acheson

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