英语语法分析

pontificate

v. 执行教皇（或主教）职务；目空一切地谈论

n. 教皇（或主教）职位；教皇（或主教）任期

复数 pontificates

第三人称单数 pontificates

现在分词 pontificating

过去式 pontificated

过去分词 pontificated

例句

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。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

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。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

The central meaning of his pontificate is to restore papal authority.

他任职教皇的中心意图就是要恢复教皇权力。