pontificate
英 [p?n't?f?ke?t]
美
- n. 教皇的職位
- vi. 執行教皇職務；武斷地表示意見
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?pontificates;第三人稱單數:?pontificates;過去式:?pontificated;過去分詞:?pontificated;現在分詞:?pontificating;
中文詞源
pontificate 目空一切的言論
來自拉丁語pontifex,主祭司，教皇，詞源同pontiff,-ate,動詞后綴。比喻用法。
英文詞源
- 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).
雙語例句
- 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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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?
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 3. Politicians like to pontificate about falling standards.
- 政客喜歡自以為是地談論準則的廢弛。
來自辭典例句
- 4. People who pontificate are usually unholy bores.
- 以命令的口氣說話的人通常都是邪惡的無賴.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Aren't you ashamed to pontificate like that?
- 你不慚愧 嗎 ?你那樣的夸夸其談,裝腔作勢?
來自電影對白