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(fù)地談?wù)?span>[正式]

Politicians like to pontificate about falling standards. 政客喜歡自以爲(wèi)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. 教皇福爾摩囌斯上任四年半後去世。