• n. 教皇的職位
• vi. 執(zhí)行教皇職務(wù)；武斷地表示意見(jiàn)

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)pontifex,主祭司，教皇，詞源同pontiff,-ate,動(dòng)詞后綴。比喻用法。

pontificate (v.)

1818, "to act as a pontiff," from Medieval Latin pontificatus, past participle of pontificare "to be a pontifex," from Latin pontifex (see pontiff). Meaning "to assume pompous and dignified airs, issue dogmatic decrees" is from 1825. Meaning "to say (something) in a pontifical way" is from 1922. Related: Pontificated; pontificating.

pontificate (n.)

1580s, from Latin pontificatus "office of a pontiff," from pontifex (see pontifex).

1. Pope Formosus died after a pontificate of four and a half years.

教皇福爾摩蘇斯上任四年半后去世。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. Did he pontificate about the responsibilities of a good citizen?

他有沒(méi)有教訓(xùn)過(guò)他人關(guān)于當(dāng)個(gè)好公民的責(zé)任問(wèn)題?

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

3. Politicians like to pontificate about falling standards.

政客喜歡自以為是地談?wù)摐?zhǔn)則的廢弛。

來(lái)自辭典例句

4. People who pontificate are usually unholy bores.

以命令的口氣說(shuō)話的人通常都是邪惡的無(wú)賴.

來(lái)自辭典例句

5. Aren't you ashamed to pontificate like that?

你不慚愧 嗎 ?你那樣的夸夸其談,裝腔作勢(shì)?

來(lái)自電影對(duì)白