pontificate
v. 武断地或自封为权威地谈论某事物
n. (教皇的)职位或任期
名词：pontification 过去式：pontificated 过去分词：pontificated 现在分词：pontificating 第三人称单数：pontificates
近义词：preach，goon，soundoff，holdforth，papacy，
英英释义
Noun
- the government of the Roman Catholic Church
Verb
- administer a pontifical office
- talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner;
"The new professor always pontificates"
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