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单词 pontificate
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pontificate
pɒntɪfɪkeɪt pɒntɪfɪkət pɑnˈtɪfɪkɪt pɑnˈtɪfɪˌkeɪt
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense pontificates, present participle pontificating, past tense , past participle pontificated
The verb is pronounced /pɒn'tɪfɪkeɪt/. The noun is pronounced /pɒn'tɪfɪkət/. 动词读作 /pɒn'tɪfɪkeɪt/。名词读作 /pɒn'tɪfɪkət/
1 VERB 自负地谈论;武断地说话 If someone pontificates about something, they state their opinions as if they are the only correct ones and nobody could possibly argue against them. 自负地谈论;武断地说话 [formal] [Also VERB]
  • Politicians like to pontificate about falling standards. [V + about/on]

    政客喜欢自以为是地谈论准则的废弛。

SYN expound, preach, sound off, pronounce
2 N-COUNT 教皇任期 The pontificate of a pope is the period of time during which he is pope. 教皇任期
  • 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。

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