pontificate的意思

pontificate

基本解释

n. 教皇的职位

vi. 执行教皇职务；武断地表示意见

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。

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。

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?

3. Politicians like to pontificate about falling standards.: 政客喜欢自以为是地谈论准则的废弛。