pontificate

• n. 教皇的職位
• vi. 執行教皇職務；武斷地表示意見

來自拉丁語pontifex,主祭司，教皇，詞源同pontiff,-ate,動詞後綴。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.

教皇福爾摩蘇斯上任四年半後去世。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Did he pontificate about the responsibilities of a good citizen?

他有沒有教訓過他人關於當個好公民的責任問題?

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

3. Politicians like to pontificate about falling standards.

政客喜歡自以為是地談論準則的廢弛。

來自辭典例句

4. People who pontificate are usually unholy bores.

以命令的口氣說話的人通常都是邪惡的無賴.

來自辭典例句

5. Aren't you ashamed to pontificate like that?

你不慚愧 嗎 ?你那樣的誇誇其談,裝腔作勢?

來自電影對白