pontificate

pontificate是什么意思，pontificate怎么读 语音:
英音  [pɒnˈtɪfɪkeɪt] 
美音  [pɑ:nˈtɪfɪkeɪt] 

• 基本解释

n. 教皇的职位，主教的地位
vi. 装作教皇的说话

• 速记技巧

• 中文词源

• 双语例句

用作动词(v.)

1. 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。
2. 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.)

1. His was the second-longest pontificate.
   他任职教宗时间是第二长的。
2. 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

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