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pontificate meaning in English

n.
教皇[主教、高僧]的职位[任期]。
vi.
1.以主教身份执行(仪式)。
2.装作绝对正确的样子;发表武断的意见。

Examples

  1. People who pontificate are usually unholy bores .
    以命令的口气说话的人通常都是邪恶的无赖。
  2. The singer pontificated some new poems at the concert
    在音乐会上,歌唱家朗诵了一些新诗。
  3. He sat there pontificating about the legal system although it was clear that he knew very little about it
    他坐在那儿发表他对法制的高论,虽然他对此一窍不通

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