pontificate

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英 [pɒnˈtɪfɪkeɪt]

美 [pɑnˈtɪfɪkeɪt]

pontificate意思解释

n.

教皇的职位，主教的地位；

vi.

装作教皇的说话；

变形

复数：pontificates

过去式：pontificated

过去分词：pontificated

现在分词：pontificating

第三人称单数：pontificates

英英释义

n.

the government of the Roman Catholic Church

同义词：papacy

v.

administer a pontifical office

talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner

\"The new professor always pontificates\"

双语例句

用作动词(v.)Politicians like to pontificate the reason about falling standards.*治家喜欢自大地表示下降标准的原因。He sat there pontificating about the legal system although it was clear that he knew very little about it.他坐在那儿发表他对法制的高论，虽然他对此一窍不通。用作名词(n.)His was the second-longest pontificate.他任职教宗时间是第二长的。The central meaning of his pontificate is to restore papal authority他任职教皇的中心意图就是要恢复教皇权力