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单词 pontificate
释义
pontificate
verb[I]
disapproving
uk
/pɒnˈtɪf.ɪ.keɪt/us
/pɑːnˈtɪf.ə.keɪt/
tospeakor write and giveyouropinionabout something as if youkneweverything about it and as if onlyyouropinionwascorrect:
自以为是地发表意见；发表武断的意见
Ithinkit should beillegalfor non-parents to pontificateon/aboutparenting.我认为没有做过父母的人是没有资格自以为是地大谈特谈为人父母之道的。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Lecturing & addressing
  • ad lib
  • co-present
  • discourse
  • eunoia
  • extemporize
  • floor
  • harangue
  • hold
  • hold forth
  • lead
  • lead off
  • lightning talk
  • monologue
  • PechaKucha
  • presentation
  • sermon
  • sermonize
  • speak
  • speechify
  • valediction
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pontificate
noun[C]
formal
uk
/pɒnˈtɪf.ɪ.kət/us
/pɑːnˈtɪf.ə.kət/
theperiodofofficeof apope(=leaderof theRomanCatholicChurch):
教皇任期
Thedecisionwas made during the pontificate of PopeJohnXX.这个决定是在教皇约翰二十世任期内作出的。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Religious leaders & officials
  • anti-papal
  • apostolic
  • archbishop
  • archbishopric
  • archdeacon
  • clerical
  • confessor
  • curacy
  • curate
  • minister
  • ministry
  • muezzin
  • mullah
  • non-clerical
  • priestly
  • primate
  • rabbi
  • rabbinical
  • the Dalai Lama
  • the priesthood
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(Definition ofpontificatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

pontificate| American Dictionary

pontificate
verb[I]
us
/pɑnˈtɪf·ɪˌkeɪt/
tospeakin animportantmanneras if onlyyouropinionwascorrect:
Experts get on thetubeand pontificate about theeconomy.
(Definition ofpontificatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Do we have to wait until some learned organisation pontificates on it and sends us a report before we do anything about it?
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I rejoice that this has not been a debate in which we have pontificated or sermonised.
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I am not pontificating on the matter at all.
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Nobody has got as far as that, and we on this side are not pontificating.
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Then he could do something useful instead of pontificating to empty churches and the rest of us about how people should spend their hard-earned money.
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Too much time is spent in pontificating, in psuedo-psychology.
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We all have known fellow-trustees who waste valuable time pontificating on subjects that they know little about.
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He should look at the problem before pontificating upon it.
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No matter what anyone says in pontificating about the family, there is another respect in which our fiscal system is anti-family.
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There has been a great deal of pontificating about the environment and about painting trains different colours.
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They have a fraction of the resources possessed by those of us who stand here pontificating today.
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I am encouraged to intervene by the pontificating tonight largely by members of the legal profession.
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Wars are inevitably caused by politicians pontificating on why this or that is wrong.
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There is no subject on which posturing and pontificating contribute less than on this subject.
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If one speaks without knowledge, one ends up pontificating from prejudice rather than from a reasoned opinion.
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