pontificate

noun

1. the government of the Roman Catholic Church

Synonym: papacy

pontificate的解释

verb

1. talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner

e.g. The new professor always pontificates

2. administer a pontifical office

1. 自负地谈论；武断地说话
If someone pontificates about something, they state their opinions as if they are the only correct ones and nobody could possibly argue against them.

e.g. Politicians like to pontificate about falling standards.
政客喜欢自以为是地谈论准则的废弛。

2. 教皇任期
The pontificate of a pope is the period of time during which he is pope.

e.g. 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。

1. 自大,武断地说：pompous傲慢的,自大的a | pontificate自大,武断地说,v | poseur装模作样的人

2. 教皇的职位;执行教皇职务：pontifical教皇的 | pontificate教皇的职位;执行教皇职务 | pope教皇

3. pontificate的意思

3. 执行教皇职务：执行官之职bailiwick | 执行教皇职务pontificate | 执行者executantperformer