英
[pɒn'tɪfɪkeɪt]
美
[pɑːn'tɪfɪkeɪt]
- v. 武斷地或自封為權威地談論某事物
- n. (教皇的)職位或任期
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pontificate的英文翻譯是什麼意思,詞典釋義與在線翻譯:
英英釋義
Noun:
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the government of the Roman Catholic Church
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administer a pontifical office
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talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner;
"The new professor always pontificates"
pontificate的用法和樣例:
例句
用作動詞 (v.)
- Politicians like to pontificate the reason about falling standards.
政治家喜歡自大地表示下降標準的原因。 - He sat there pontificating about the legal system although it was clear that he knew very little about it.
他坐在那兒發表他對法制的高論,雖然他對此一竅不通。
用作名詞 (n.)
- His was the second-longest pontificate.
他任職教宗時間是第二長的。 - The central meaning of his pontificate is to restore papal authority
他任職教皇的中心意圖就是要恢復教皇權力
經典引文
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In the closing years of the pontificate of Leo XIII.
出自: A. N. Wilson -
A didactic voice began pontificating about the ecology of the Po delta.
出自: M. Dibdin