pontificate

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. 自負地談?wù)?span>[正式]

Politicians like to pontificate about falling standards. 政客喜歡自以為是地談?wù)摬粩嘞陆档臉?biāo)準(zhǔn)。

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

Pope Formosus died after a pontificate of four and a half years. 教皇福爾摩蘇斯上任四年半后去世。