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.政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