单词:pontificating
音标:[pɔnˈtifikitɪŋ] ;
v. 装作教皇的说话( pontificate的现在分词 )
v administer a pontifical office
v talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner
v talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner
词型变化:名词复数形式 : pontificatings
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...