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; 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。