pontificates

常見例句

用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)

• Politicians like to pontificate the reason about falling standards.
  政治家喜歡自大地表示下降標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的原因。
• He sat there pontificating about the legal system although it was clear that he knew very little about it.
  他坐在那兒發(fā)表他對(duì)法制的高論，雖然他對(duì)此一竅不通。

用作名詞 (n.)

• His was the second-longest pontificate.
  他任職教宗時(shí)間是第二長(zhǎng)的。
• The central meaning of his pontificate is to restore papal authority
  他任職教皇的中心意圖就是要恢復(fù)教皇權(quán)力
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