pontificating
present participle ofpontificate
| 单词 | pontificating |
| 释义 | pontificating present participle ofpontificate pontificate verb[I] disapprovinguk/pɒnˈtɪf.ɪ.keɪt/us/pɑːnˈtɪf.ə.keɪt/tospeakor write and giveyouropinionabout something as if youkneweverything about it and as if onlyyouropinionwascorrect: Ithinkit should beillegalfor non-parents to pontificateon/aboutparenting. Lecturing & addressing
Examplesofpontificatingpontificating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Yet in vocoder tracks, the vitality and creativity inherent in the technologies in use stand centre stage,pontificatingon questions of authenticity and immediacy. From theCambridge English Corpus It must infuriate industrial leaders who face difficult circumstances to hear some peoplepontificatinghere when they have no real knowledge of the problems involved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But this did not stop thempontificatingon it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 For him to be running around nowpontificatingon nightmares or dreams is far beyond my comprehension. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he make every effort to stop peoplepontificatingon television and in the media without any scientific evidence? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Pontificatingand moralising will not solve the difficulties we are in. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am notpontificatingon the matter at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Nobody has got as far as that, and we on this side are notpontificating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Then he could do something useful instead ofpontificatingto empty churches and the rest of us about how people should spend their hard-earned money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Too much time is spent inpontificating, in psuedo-psychology. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We all have known fellow-trustees who waste valuable timepontificatingon subjects that they know little about. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He should look at the problem beforepontificatingupon it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This is no time forpontificating; it is time for getting on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 No matter what anyone says inpontificatingabout the family, there is another respect in which our fiscal system is anti-family. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been a great deal ofpontificatingabout the environment and about painting trains different colours. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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