# pontificate ##### 词义 - 英：/pɒnˈtɪfɪkeɪt , pɒnˈtɪfɪkət/； 美：/pɑːnˈtɪfɪkeɪt , pɑːnˈtɪfɪkət/ - #词性/vi 自以为是地谈论；目空一切地议论 - #词性/n 教皇职务(或在任时期) ##### 例句 - Politicians like to pontificate about falling standards . - 政客喜欢自以为是地谈论准则的废弛。 - Experts pontificate about the supposed problem , the public is made anxious , police are given more powers , and everyone goes hunting for Mods and Rockers ( or whoever is the folk devil du jour ) . - 专家自以为是地谈论着所谓的问题，公众焦虑不安，警察得到更大权力，所有人都开始搜寻摩登派和摇滚派（或者是当时的民间恶魔）。 - Pope Formosus died after a pontificate of four and a half years . - 教皇福尔摩苏斯上任四年半后去世。 ##### 形态 - #形态/word_third pontificates - #形态/word_ing pontificating - #形态/word_done pontificated - #形态/word_pl pontificates - #形态/word_past pontificated