pontificate ( pontificating, pontificated, pontificates )

• 1. 

  V-I If someone pontificates about something, they state their opinions as if they are the only correct ones and nobody could possibly oppose them. 自负地谈论 [正式]

  例：

  Politicians like to pontificate about falling standards.

  政客喜欢自以为是地谈论不断下降的标准。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT The pontificate of a pope is the period of time during which he is pope. 教皇的任期

  例：

  Pope Formosus died after a pontificate of four and a half years.

  教皇福尔摩苏斯上任四年半后去世。