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
同根派生
英汉例句
- 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。 - 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