英 [pɒnˈtɪfɪkeɪt] 美 [pɑːnˈtɪfɪkeɪt; pɑːnˈtɪfɪkət]
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
pontificate // [ pontificating pontificated pontificates ]
不及物动词 If someone pontificates about something, they state their opinions as if they are the only correct ones and nobody could possibly oppose them. 自负地谈论
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。
可数名词 The pontificate of a pope is the period of time during which he is pope. 教皇的任期
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。
the government of the Roman Catholic Church
同义词： papacy
administer a pontifical office
talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner
The new professor always pontificates
执行教皇职务
... pontifical教皇的 pontificate教皇的职位；执行教皇职务 pope教皇 ...
... pontifical教皇的 pontificate教皇的职位；执行教皇职务 pope教皇 ...
... pontifical 自以为是的；武断的 pontificate 自大武断地做或说 populace 民众，老百姓 ...
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。
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。
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。
The Faith Council in my view is not a group of people who come together and pontificate several times a year and put a sheet for the President at the end of the year.
在我看来，信仰委员会不是,一群人聚在一起,一年发表几次高论,然后在年末呈交给总统一页纸。
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It will hold conferences around the world to pontificate on various global ills, real or imagined.
For us it's easy to pontificate that the same holds true today with the new Nifty Fifty.
Benedict took extraordinary measures to bring the society back under Rome's wing during his pontificate, but negotiations stalled.