pontificate

英 [p?n't?f?ke?t] 美

GRE暢通詞匯

復數(shù):?pontificates;第三人稱單數(shù):?pontificates;過去式:?pontificated;過去分詞:?pontificated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?pontificating;

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來自拉丁語pontifex,主祭司，教皇，詞源同pontiff,-ate,動詞后綴。比喻用法。

pontificate (v.): 1818, "to act as a pontiff," from Medieval Latin pontificatus, past participle of pontificare "to be a pontifex," from Latin pontifex (see pontiff). Meaning "to assume pompous and dignified airs, issue dogmatic decrees" is from 1825. Meaning "to say (something) in a pontifical way" is from 1922. Related: Pontificated; pontificating.
pontificate (n.): 1580s, from Latin pontificatus "office of a pontiff," from pontifex (see pontifex).

1. Pope Formosus died after a pontificate of four and a half years.: 教皇福爾摩蘇斯上任四年半后去世。

2. Did he pontificate about the responsibilities of a good citizen?: 他有沒有教訓過他人關于當個好公民的責任問題?

3. Politicians like to pontificate about falling standards.: 政客喜歡自以為是地談論準則的廢弛。

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