portentous
UK [pɔ:'ten.təs] US [pɔ:r'ten.tˌəs] adjective formal disapproving
■too serious and trying to be very important 自命不凡的，自大的；装模作样的•The problem with the book is that it sometimes descends into portentous philosophizing.这本书的问题在于它有时陷入了自命不凡的高谈阔论。 ■literary
■Portentous events, statements or signs are important because they show that something unpleasant is very likely to happen 预兆的，凶兆的•The report contains numerous portentous references to a future environmental calamity.报告里有很多地方预言性地提到了将来的环境灾难。 |