英语词汇“pontificate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

pontificatepontificate1 /pɑnˈtɪfəˌkeɪt/ verb [intransitive] disapproving

VERB TABLE

pontificate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	pontificate
	he, she, it	pontificates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	pontificated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have pontificated
	he, she, it	has pontificated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had pontificated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will pontificate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have pontificated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am pontificating
	he, she, it	is pontificating
	you, we, they	are pontificating
Past	I, he, she, it	was pontificating
	you, we, they	were pontificating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been pontificating
	he, she, it	has been pontificating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been pontificating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be pontificating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been pontificating

to give your opinion about something in a way that shows you think you are always right: pontificate about/on Politicians will happily pontificate on any issue.