pontificate

pontificate

英 [pɒn'tɪfɪkeɪt]
　　美

n. 教皇的職位
　　vi. 執行教皇職務；武斷地表示意見

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,動詞後綴。比喻用法。

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後去世。

2. Did he pontificate about the responsibilities of a good citizen?
他有沒有教訓過他人關於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。

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.

5. Aren't you ashamed to pontificate like that?
你不慚愧 嗎 ?你那樣的誇誇其談,裝腔作勢?