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单词 pontificate
释义 pontificate¹ /pɒnˈtɪfɪˌkeɪt/ vi.
1.(speak pompously)武断(或自负)地说话(或行事)

She went to put the kettle on while he has was pontificating.他在自以为是地高谈阔论, 而她则去烧了一壶水。

to pontificate about sth武断(或自负)地谈论…

Politicians like to pontificate about falling standards.政客们喜欢自命不凡地谈论日渐堕落的道德水准。

2.【史】履行宗座职责(尤指主持大礼弥撒)

The archbishop pontificated at the High Mass.大主教主持了大礼弥撒。

pontificate² /pɒnˈtɪfɪˌkeɪt/ n.
【史】(天主教)教皇(或主教)职位, 教皇(或主教)任期

Pope Formosus died after a pontificate of four and a half years.教皇福尔摩苏斯在四年半的任期后去世了。

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