pontificate
[pɔn'tifikit, -keit]
n. 教皇的职位
vi. 执行教皇职务；武断地表示意见
同义词
参考例子
1.He always pontificates about the evils of modern society.
他经常对现代社会的弊病大发议论。
2.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。
3.He was the first non-Italian pontiff after 455 years, and the first Polish one. His 26-year reign was the third-longest pontificate.
他是455年来第一位非意大利籍主教， 也是第一位担任该职位的波兰人，而他26年的统治也是历史上第三长的主教任期。
英文解释
n.
1.the government of the Roman Catholic Church
2.administer a pontifical office
3.talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner
网络释义
pontificate
教皇; 执行教皇职务; 教皇的职位; 装模作样的说话;
encyclic papacy pontifex pontificate
教皇;
bishop episcopate exarch pontiff pontificate pope prelacy high priest
主教;