pontificates

基本解释

• v.武断地或自封为权威地谈论某事物
• n.(教皇的)职位或任期

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英汉例句

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

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