pontificating

英 [pɒnˈtɪfɪkeɪtɪŋ]

美 [pɑːnˈtɪfɪkeɪtɪŋ]

v.  自以为是地谈论; 目空一切地议论
pontificate的现在分词

柯林斯词典

The verb is pronounced /pɒn'tɪfɪkeɪt/. The noun is pronounced /pɒn'tɪfɪkət/. 动词读作 /pɒn'tɪfɪkeɪt/。名词读作 /pɒn'tɪfɪkət/。


• VERB 自负地谈论；武断地说话
  If someonepontificates aboutsomething, they state their opinions as if they are the only correct ones and nobody could possibly argue against them.
  1. Politicians like to pontificate about falling standards.
     政客喜欢自以为是地谈论准则的废弛。
• N-COUNT 教皇任期
  Thepontificateof a pope is the period of time during which he is pope.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• He sat there pontificating about the legal system although it was clear that he knew very little.
  他坐在那儿发表他对法制的高论，虽然他对此一窍不通。
• Best supporting actor: Let's be honest: One man whose entire year has been a story about other people's interests is the ousted president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya. For all his posturing and pontificating, he was never running the show.
  最佳男配角：实事求是的说，过去一年里有个人的境遇一直关系的却是其他人的利益，这就是洪都拉斯遭驱逐总统塞拉亚。
• Oxford University is the oldest university in the English-speaking world: professors have been pontificating and students have been snoozing since the 12th century.
  牛津是英语世界里最古老的大学：早在十二世纪，教授们就开始在台上威严地授课，而过去的学生们在台下偷偷打盹。
• Start seriously courting the journalists, tastemakers, and celebrities that are using and/ or pontificating about G+.
  开始认真对待那些正在使用或是对Google+发表一些言论的记者、潮人和名人们。
• Grice is a strategist who's happier quoting from history books than pontificating on the future direction of the FTSE.
  格赖斯更乐于援引历史书籍，而不是武断地判言富时指数的未来方向。