portentous

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(diào)地說道：“區(qū)別在于，你們是盎格魯-撒克遜人，我們是拉丁人?！?/p>

3. ADJ Something that is portentous is important in indicating or affecting future events. 預(yù)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(xué)上看，該市對20世紀思想、文化的貢獻也同樣意義重大。