| 词汇 | pontificate |
| 释义 | pontificate verb[ I ] disapprovinguk /pɒnˈtɪf.ɪ.keɪt/ us /pɑːnˈtɪf.ə.keɪt/ to speak or write and give your opinion about something as if you knew everything about it and as if only your opinion was correct: 自以为是地发表意见;发表武断的意见 I think it should be illegal for non-parents to pontificate on/about parenting.我认为没有做过父母的人是没有资格自以为是地大谈特谈为人父母之道的。 Lecturing & addressing call for papers CFP co-present deliver a speech discourse eunoia floor jawbone maiden speech monologue onto presentation public speaking sermon sermonize speak speaking speech speechify talk at someone pontificate noun[ C ] formaluk /pɒnˈtɪf.ɪ.kət/ us /pɑːnˈtɪf.ə.kət/ the period of office of a pope (= leader of the Roman Catholic Church): 教皇任期 The decision was made during the pontificate of Pope John XX.这个决定是在教皇约翰二十世任期内作出的。 Religious leaders & officials anti-papal apostolic archbishop archbishopric archdeacon clerically confessor curacy curate messiah minister ministry muezzin mullah priestess priestly primate rabbi the Dalai Lama the priesthood pontificate | American Dictionarypontificate verb[ I ] us/pɑnˈtɪf·ɪˌkeɪt/ to speak in an important manner as if only your opinion was correct: Experts get on the tube and pontificate about the economy. Examples of pontificatepontificate Do we have to wait until some learned organisation pontificates on it and sends us a report before we do anything about it? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I rejoice that this has not been a debate in which we have pontificated or sermonised. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not pontificating on the matter at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nobody has got as far as that, and we on this side are not pontificating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then he could do something useful instead of pontificating to empty churches and the rest of us about how people should spend their hard-earned money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Too much time is spent in pontificating, in psuedo-psychology. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We all have known fellow-trustees who waste valuable time pontificating on subjects that they know little about. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He should look at the problem before pontificating upon it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No matter what anyone says in pontificating about the family, there is another respect in which our fiscal system is anti-family. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been a great deal of pontificating about the environment and about painting trains different colours. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have a fraction of the resources possessed by those of us who stand here pontificating today. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am encouraged to intervene by the pontificating tonight largely by members of the legal profession. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Wars are inevitably caused by politicians pontificating on why this or that is wrong. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no subject on which posturing and pontificating contribute less than on this subject. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If one speaks without knowledge, one ends up pontificating from prejudice rather than from a reasoned opinion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of pontificate These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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