pontificate
英[pɒn'tɪfɪkeɪt]
美
- n. 教皇的职位
- vi. 执行教皇职务；武断地表示意见
词态变化
复数: pontificates;第三人称单数: pontificates;过去式: pontificated;过去分词: pontificated;现在分词: pontificating;
中文词源
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。
英文词源
- 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).
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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?
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 3. Politicians like to pontificate about falling standards.
- 政客喜欢自以为是地谈论准则的废弛。
来自辞典例句
- 4. People who pontificate are usually unholy bores.
- 以命令的口气说话的人通常都是邪恶的无赖.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Aren't you ashamed to pontificate like that?
- 你不惭愧 吗 ?你那样的夸夸其谈,装腔作势?
来自电影对白