pontificating是什么意思？

pontificating

• v. 装作教皇的说话( pontificate的现在分词 )；

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• 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。