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。 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 pontificatingpontificating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. 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. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But this did not stop them pontificating on it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For him to be running around now pontificating on nightmares or dreams is far beyond my comprehension. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he make every effort to stop people pontificating on television and in the media without any scientific evidence? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Pontificating and moralising will not solve the difficulties we are in. 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 This is no time for pontificating; it is time for getting on. 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 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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