pontificate
英 [p?n't?f?ke?t]
美
- n. 教皇的職位
- vi. 執(zhí)行教皇職務(wù)；武斷地表示意見(jiàn)
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?pontificates;第三人稱單數(shù):?pontificates;過(guò)去式:?pontificated;過(guò)去分詞:?pontificated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?pontificating;
中文詞源
pontificate 目空一切的言論
來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)pontifex,主祭司，教皇，詞源同pontiff,-ate,動(dòng)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(yǔ)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(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Did he pontificate about the responsibilities of a good citizen?
- 他有沒(méi)有教訓(xùn)過(guò)他人關(guān)于當(dāng)個(gè)好公民的責(zé)任問(wèn)題?
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)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?wù)摐?zhǔn)則的廢弛。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 4. People who pontificate are usually unholy bores.
- 以命令的口氣說(shuō)話的人通常都是邪惡的無(wú)賴.
來(lái)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(shì)?
來(lái)自電影對(duì)白