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; 裝腔作勢的[正式]
There was nothing portentous or solemn about him. He was bubbling with humour. 他身上一點也不裝腔作勢或故作嚴肅。他幽默十足。
...portentous prose. ...矯揉造作的散文。
2. portentouslyADV [usu ADV with v]
"The difference is," he said portentously, "you are Anglo-Saxons, we are Latins."
他拿腔拿調地說道：“區別在於，你們是盎格魯-撒尅遜人，我們是拉丁人。”
3. ADJ Something that is portentous is important in indicating or affecting future events. 預示未來的; 影響重大的[正式]
In social politics, too, the city's contribution to 20th century thought and culture was no less portentous. 從社會政治學上看，該市對20世紀思想、文化的貢獻也同樣意義重大。