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单词 pontify
释义 pontify, v.|ˈpɒntɪfaɪ|
[ad. F. pontifier, ad. med.L. pontificāre: see pontificate v.]
intr. To play the pontiff; to speak or behave ‘pontifically’, or with assumption of authority or infallibility.
1883Times 19 Feb. 8 Wagner always seemed to pontify when he talked.1892Sat. Rev. 28 May 635/2 He is one of the few scientific men who do not ‘pontify’.1900Macm. Mag. Jan. 185 Stevenson was always inclined to preach, to pontify, to be didactic.
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