pontificate
执行教皇职务
常用释义
英音[ pɒnˈtɪfɪkeɪt ]
美音[ pɑːnˈtɪfɪkeɪt; pɑːnˈtɪfɪkət ]
变形
复数:
pontificates
第三人称单数:
pontificates
现在分词:
pontificating
过去式:
pontificated
过去分词:
pontificated
基本释义
- v. 执行教皇（或主教）职务；目空一切地谈论
- n. 教皇（或主教）职位；教皇（或主教）任期
例句
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1·Politicians like to pontificate about falling standards.政客喜欢自以为是地谈论不断下降的标准。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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2·Pope Formosus died after a pontificate of four and a half years.教皇福尔摩苏斯上任四年半后去世。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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3·People who pontificate are usually unholy bores.以命令的口气说话的人通常都是邪恶的无赖。
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4·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。
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5·I notice that people really like to pontificate about exchange rates.我也发现，人们十分喜欢讨论关于汇率的问题。
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6·As early as the pontificate of Leo I (440-61), however, Roman patriarchs demanded more power.早在教皇的利奥一世(440 - 6 1)，但罗马始祖要求更多的权力。
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7·Monsignor Hugh OFlaherty, an Irish priest, was assigned to the Vatican under the pontificate of Pope Pius XII.休主教奥弗莱厄蒂，爱尔兰神父，被分配到梵蒂冈教皇在教皇皮乌斯十二。
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8·Quite logically, we get headlines that pontificate about yesterday’s news (Le Monde is an afternoon paper, oddly enough).可以想象，我们看到的头条新闻是用权威的方式报道着昨天的新闻（足够奇怪的一点，《世界报》是一份晚报）。
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9·You may be in Davos this week, seeking reaffirmation of your deeply held beliefs when you pontificate about the future of the universe.本周你可能身在达沃斯，对世界的未来发表高论，寻求让你坚信的信仰获得肯定。
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10·When the parliament's members next pontificate about the need for state intervention, they should pop next door to Wiertz's studio, and have a ponder.当欧洲议会的成员要武断地说出国家介入的需要的时候，他们就会到隔壁的Wiertz画室内，静下来想个清楚。
同根词
词根：
pontiff
pontifex
n
（古罗马宗教的）大祭司；教皇
pontiff
n
主教，教皇；罗马教宗