pontificate

英[pɒnˈtɪfɪkeɪt]

美[pɑnˈtɪfɪkeɪt]

基本释义

Politicians like to pontificate about falling standards.

政客喜欢自以为是地谈论准则的废弛。

辞典例句

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?

电影对白

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.

互联网

The central meaning of his pontificate is to restore papal authority ( Conor Cruise O'Brien )

他任职教皇的中心意图就是要恢复教皇权力 ( 康纳·克鲁斯·奥布赖恩 )

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Noun

Verb

1. administer a pontifical office
2. talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner;
"The new professor always pontificates"