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).
双语例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
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?
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
3. Politicians like to pontificate about falling standards.
政客喜欢自以为是地谈论准则的废弛。
来自辞典例句
4. People who pontificate are usually unholy bores.
