v.武斷地或自封為權(quán)威地談?wù)撃呈挛?/p>

n.(教皇的)職位或任期

Politicians like to pontificate the reason about falling standards. 政治家喜歡自大地表示下降標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的原因。

He sat there pontificating about the legal system although it was clear that he knew very little about it. 他坐在那兒發(fā)表他對法制的高論，雖然他對此一竅不通。

His was the second-longest pontificate. 他任職教宗時間是第二長的。