单词：pontificated
音标：[pɔnˈtifikitid] ；
v. 装作教皇的说话( pontificate的过去式和过去分词 )
v administer a pontifical office
v talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner
v talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner
pontificate的用法和样例：
例句
用作动词(v.)
- 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。
- He sat there pontificating about the legal system although it was clear that he knew very little about it.他坐在那儿发表他对法制的高论，虽然他对此一窍不通。
用作名词(n.)
- His was the second-longest pontificate.他任职教宗时间是第二长的。
- The central meaning of his pontificate is to restore papal authority他任职教皇的中心意图就是要恢复教皇权力
经典引文
In the closing years of the pontificate of Leo XIII.
出自：A. N. WilsonA didactic voice began pontificating about the ecology of the Po delta.
出自：M. Dibdin
【近义词】
- preach讲道
- go on继续
- sound off力陈己见
- hold forth给予
- papacy教皇职位或权力...