portentous

柯林斯词典

1. ADJ If someone's way of speaking, writing, or behaving is portentous, they speak, write, or behave more seriously than necessary because they want to impress other people. 自命不凡的; 装腔作势的[正式]
There was nothing portentous or solemn about him. He was bubbling with humour. 他身上一点也不装腔作势或故作严肃。他幽默十足。
...portentous prose. ...矫揉造作的散文。
2. portentouslyADV [usu ADV with v]
"The difference is," he said portentously, "you are Anglo-Saxons, we are Latins."
他拿腔拿调地说道：“区别在于，你们是盎格鲁-撒克逊人，我们是拉丁人。”
3. ADJ Something that is portentous is important in indicating or affecting future events. 预示未来的; 影响重大的[正式]
In social politics, too, the city's contribution to 20th century thought and culture was no less portentous. 从社会政治学上看，该市对20世纪思想、文化的贡献也同样意义重大。