pontificate是什么意思？

pontificate

英[pɒnˈtɪfɪkeɪt] 美[pɑnˈtɪfɪkeɪt]

• n. 教皇的职位，主教的地位；
• vi. 装作教皇的说话；

复数：pontificates;

第三人称单数：pontificates;

过去式：pontificated;

过去分词：pontificated;

现在分词：pontificating;

例句

• 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.
• Aren't you ashamed to pontificate like that? 你不惭愧 吗 ?你那样的夸夸其谈,装腔作势?
• Pope Formosus died after a pontificate of four and a half years. 教皇福尔摩苏斯上任四年半后去世。
• Politicians like to pontificate about falling standards. 政客喜欢自以为是地谈论准则的废弛。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  自负地谈论；武断地说话
  If someone pontificates about something, they state their opinions as if they are the only correct ones and nobody could possibly argue against them.
  例句
  Politicians like to pontificate about falling standards. 政客喜欢自以为是地谈论准则的废弛。
• N-COUNT
  教皇任期
  The pontificate of a pope is the period of time during which he is pope.
  例句
  Pope Formosus died after a pontificate of four and a half years. 教皇福尔摩苏斯上任四年半后去世。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the government of the Roman Catholic Church
• Verb
  1. administer a pontifical office
  2. talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner;
  "The new professor always pontificates"