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词汇 pontificating
释义 pontificating
present 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。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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Examples of pontificating


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Yet in vocoder tracks, the vitality and creativity inherent in the technologies in use stand centre stage, pontificating on questions of authenticity and immediacy.
It must infuriate industrial leaders who face difficult circumstances to hear some people pontificating here when they have no real knowledge of the problems involved.
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But this did not stop them pontificating on it.
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For him to be running around now pontificating on nightmares or dreams is far beyond my comprehension.
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Will he make every effort to stop people pontificating on television and in the media without any scientific evidence?
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Pontificating and moralising will not solve the difficulties we are in.
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I am not pontificating on the matter at all.
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Nobody has got as far as that, and we on this side are not pontificating.
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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.
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Too much time is spent in pontificating, in psuedo-psychology.
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We all have known fellow-trustees who waste valuable time pontificating on subjects that they know little about.
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He should look at the problem before pontificating upon it.
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This is no time for pontificating; it is time for getting on.
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No matter what anyone says in pontificating about the family, there is another respect in which our fiscal system is anti-family.
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There has been a great deal of pontificating about the environment and about painting trains different colours.
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