单词：pontificate
音标：[pɒn'tifikit] ；
vi. 自负地谈论, 执行教皇职务
v. administer a pontifical office
v. talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner
v. talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner
词型变化：现在分词 : pontificating ; 第三人称单数 : pontificates ; 过去式 : pontificated ; 名词复数形式 : pontificates ; 过去分词 : pontificated
考试类型：[GRE]
考试类型：[GRE]
词性分布：
pontificate的用法和样例：
例句
用作动词(v.)
- 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。
- 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.)
- His was the second-longest pontificate.他任职教宗时间是第二长的。
- 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
经典引文
In the closing years of the pontificate of Leo XIII.
出自：A. N. WilsonA didactic voice began pontificating about the ecology of the Po delta.
出自：M. Dibdin
【近义词】
- preach讲道
- go on继续
- sound off力陈己见
- hold forth给予
- papacy教皇职位或权力...