The verb is pronounced /p?n't?f?ke?t/. The noun is pronounced /p?n't?f?k?t/. 動(dòng)詞讀作 /p?n't?f?ke?t/。名詞讀作 /p?n't?f?k?t/。
1. 自負地談?wù)?;武斷地說(shuō)話(huà) 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. 政客喜歡自以為是地談?wù)摐蕜t的廢弛。
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. 教皇福爾摩蘇斯上任四年半后去世。