| 词汇 | pontificated |
| 释义 | pontificated past simple and past participle ofpontificate 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 eunoia jawbone maiden speech monologue onto oratory presentation public speaking sermon sermonize slide speak speaking speech speechify talk at someone Examples of pontificatedpontificated In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. 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 He pontificated about the rating system and seemed to labour under the illusion that only house owners pay rates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have pontificated about mobile phones on many occasions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has pontificated since the election. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Ministers have identified and pontificated on the problems. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Most of the intellectuals of his generation pontificated endlessly over dominoes in the morning and regrouped in the local bars at night. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Artists, writers, political radicals, and hobos pontificated, lectured, recited poetry, ranted, and raved. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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