pontificate

• n. 教皇的职位
• vi. 执行教皇职务；武断地表示意见

来自拉丁语pontifex,主祭司，教皇，词源同pontiff,-ate,动词后缀。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.

教皇福尔摩苏斯上任四年半后去世。

来自柯林斯例句

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

他有没有教训过他人关于当个好公民的责任问题?

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3. Politicians like to pontificate about falling standards.

政客喜欢自以为是地谈论准则的废弛。

来自辞典例句

4. People who pontificate are usually unholy bores.

以命令的口气说话的人通常都是邪恶的无赖.

来自辞典例句

5. 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?

来自电影对白