portentous

英[pɔːˈtentəs]美[pɔːrˈtentəs]

adj.预兆的，凶兆的，自命不凡的，装腔作势的；

副词：portentously;

名词：portentousness;

例句

a portentous remark/ voice装腔作势地讲话/声音

a portentous dream/ sign不祥的梦/征兆

Before me stretched the portentous, menacing road of a new decade.在我面前展现出一条新的十年的凶多吉少 、 咄咄逼人的道路.

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.

Portentous choices were forced on him by the dozen.众多事关重大的抉择强加在了他身上。

In social politics, too, the city's contribution to 20th century thought and culture was no less portentous...同样从社会**学上看，城市对20世纪思想、文化的贡献也意义重大。

...portentous prose.矫揉的散文

There was nothing portentous or solemn about him. He was bubbling with humour.他一点也不装腔作势或故作严肃，浑身散发着幽默。

同义词

portentous的同义词之：

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ADJ-GRADED

（指说话、写作或举止）自命不凡的，装腔作势的

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.

例句

ADJ-GRADED

预示未来的；影响重大的

Something that is portentous is important in indicating or affecting future events.

例句

英汉词典释义

adj.

预示(坏事)的; 先兆的

煞有介事的；装腔作势的；装模作样的

英英词典释义

Adjective

1. of momentous or ominous significance;

2. of ominous significance

3. puffed up with vanity;