pontificate
柯林斯词典
1. V-I If someone pontificates about something, they state their opinions as if they are the only correct ones and nobody could possibly oppose them. 自负地谈论[正式]
Politicians like to pontificate about falling standards. 政客喜欢自以为是地谈论不断下降的标准。
2. N-COUNT The pontificate of a pope is the period of time during which he is pope. 教皇的任期
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。
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