pontificate

v.武断地或自封为权威地谈论某事物

n.(教皇的)职位或任期

Politicians like to pontificate the reason about falling standards. 政治家喜欢自大地表示下降标准的原因。

He sat there pontificating about the legal system although it was clear that he knew very little about it. 他坐在那儿发表他对法制的高论，虽然他对此一窍不通。

His was the second-longest pontificate. 他任职教宗时间是第二长的。