1818, "to act as a pontiff," from Medieval Latin pontificatus, past participle of pontificare "to be a pontifex," from Latin pontifex (see pontiff). Meaning "to assume pompous and dignified airs, issue dogmatic decrees" is from 1825. Meaning "to say (something) in a pontifical way" is from 1922. Related: Pontificated; pontificating.
pontificate (n.)
1580s, from Latin pontificatus "office of a pontiff," from pontifex (see pontifex).
雙語例句
1. Pope Formosus died after a pontificate of four and a half years.
教皇福爾摩蘇斯上任四年半后去世。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Did he pontificate about the responsibilities of a good citizen?
他有沒有教訓(xùn)過他人關(guān)于當(dāng)個好公民的責(zé)任問題?
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
3. Politicians like to pontificate about falling standards.
政客喜歡自以為是地談?wù)摐?zhǔn)則的廢弛。
來自辭典例句
4. People who pontificate are usually unholy bores.