pontificate
n. 教皇的职位
vi. 执行教皇职务；武断地表示意见
n.
教皇的职位，主教的地位；
vi.
装作教皇的说话；
变形
复数：pontificates过去式：pontificated过去分词：pontificated现在分词：pontificating第三人称单数：pontificates
英英释义
pontificate[ pɔn'tifikit, -keit ]
n.the government of the Roman Catholic Church
同义词：papacy
v.
administer a pontifical office
talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner
"The new professor always pontificates"
双语例句
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
权威例句
The Pontificate of Pope Pius XIThe Life & Pontificate of Pope Pius XII. Between History and Controversy
JOHN XXII BEFORE HIS PONTIFICATE, 1244-1316: JACQUES DUÈSE AND HIS FAMILY
Introduction: Reality and image in the Pontificate of Leo XIII
An Account of the Election of Paul IV to the Pontificate
Lost in the Forest: Overcoming the Need to Pontificate in Course Development.
From Black Magic to Heresy: A Doctrinal Leap in the Pontificate of John XXII
A papal matchmaker: Principle and pragmatism during Innocent III's pontificate
Papal-Lombard Relations during the Pontificate of Pope Paul I: The Attainment of an Equilibrium of Power in Italy, 756-767
The pipe roll of the bishopric of Winchester for the fourth year of the pontificate of Peter des Roches, 1208-1209.
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. 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。
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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。
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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。
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11. Some are foisting video conferences on their people instead so that up to 100 individuals in far - flung places can now all watch each other while they pontificate.
有些公司强制要求员工使用视频会议，以便让分散各地的许多人——有时可达上百人——可以在发表意见时看到彼此。
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12. While a lot of folks may get corporate logo tattoos and/or pontificate about what such-and-such company did right or wrong, few of them will ever have any actual input.
虽然许多人可能用企业标志纹身及/或就公司如此这般的做法对或错发表武断的意见，但其中毕竟只有少数人会有任何实际的投入。
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13. The new Facebook and YouTube pages feature video clips from John Paul's nearly 27-year pontificate and are being maintained by Vatican Radio and of the Vatican Television Centre.
新的facebook和youtube页面将突出保罗二世将近27年任职的视频剪辑，它们是由梵蒂冈广播和电视中心保存的。
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14. The new Facebook and YouTube pages feature video clips from John Paul's nearly 27-year pontificate and are being maintained by Vatican Radio and of the Vatican Television Centre.
新的facebook和youtube页面将突出保罗二世将近27年任职的视频剪辑，它们是由梵蒂冈广播和电视中心保存的。
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