中文词源
pontificate 目空一切的言论
来自拉丁语pontifex,主祭司，教皇，词源同pontiff,-ate,动词后缀。比喻用法。
英语词源
- pontificate (v.)
- 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).
权威例句
- 1. 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。
- 2. Did he pontificate about the responsibilities of a good citizen?
- 他有没有教训过他人关于当个好公民的责任问题?
- 3. Politicians like to pontificate about falling standards.
- 政客喜欢自以为是地谈论准则的废弛。
- 4. People who pontificate are usually unholy bores.
- 以命令的口气说话的人通常都是邪恶的无赖.
- 5. Aren't you ashamed to pontificate like that?
- 你不惭愧 吗 ?你那样的夸夸其谈,装腔作势?