| 单词 | pontificate |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [pɔn'tifikit] |
| 解释 | v.自大武断地做或说 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v.自大武断地做，装 模作样地说(speak like a pontiff) 【考】 pontificate : speak / strut(swagger): walk(骄傲地说和说/骄傲 地走和走)反义词：speak modestly(谦虚地说); comment tentatively(试验性 地评论) |
| 字源 | pontificate (v.) 1818, "to act as a pontiff," from Medieval Latin pontificatus, past participle of pontificare "to be a pontifex," from Latin pontifex (see pontiff). Meaning "to assume pompous and dignified airs, issue dogmatic decrees" is from 1825. Meaning "to say (something) in a pontifical way" is from 1922. Related: Pontificated; pontificating. pontificate (n.) 1580s, from Latin pontificatus "office of a pontiff," from pontifex (see pontifex). |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 教皇; v 自大武断地做, 说 【记】pon胖, tifi踢飞, cat猫, e: 一个胖教皇踢飞一只猫－自大武断 【类】pontificate: speak = strut[swagger]: walk骄傲地说对说 = 骄傲地走对走bombast[pontificate]: pompous = tirade: critical = drivel: nonsensical = hyperbole: exaggerated夸大言辞[武断话]是夸大自负的 = 攻击性演说是批评的 = 胡说是荒谬的 = 夸张法是夸大的scoff: derisive = drawl: slow = bluster: loud = prate: aimless嘲弄话是嘲笑的 = 懒洋洋说是缓慢的 = 咆哮是大声的 = 空谈是无目的的 【反】speak modestly(谦虚地说); comment tentatively(试验性地评论)speak diffidently(缺乏自信地说) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】音：胖体肥口，(有些人)瞧他脑满肠肥昏庸的样子，还那么自以为是 |
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