中英互译
pontificate
英 /pɒnˈtɪfɪkeɪt/美 /pɑːnˈtɪfɪkeɪt; pɑːnˈtɪfɪkət/
基本释义
- v.执行教皇（或主教）职务；目空一切地谈论
- n.教皇（或主教）职位；教皇（或主教）任期
复数pontificates
第三人称单数pontificates
现在分词pontificating
过去式pontificated
过去分词pontificated
GRE
双语例句
- Politicians like to pontificate about falling standards.政客喜欢自以为是地谈论不断下降的标准。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- 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《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- 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。
网络短语
- pontificate E自大武断地做或说
- pontificate ǥ自大武断地做或说
- pontificate U自大武断地做或说
- Alfred Pontificate菲科特
- Let us hear you pontificate让我们听到你武断
同根词
英英释义
- n.the government of the Roman Catholic Church
- v.administer a pontifical office
- v.talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner
词源
- pontificate目空一切的言论来自拉丁语pontifex,主祭司，教皇，词源同pontiff,-ate,动词后缀。比喻用法。