pontifical

英 [pɒn'tɪfɪkl] 美 [pɑːn'tɪfɪkl]

• adj. 自以为是的；武断的；教皇的；大祭司的
• n. 主教于祭典所用的书；主教的祭服

英英释义

Noun:

1. the vestments and other insignia of a pontiff (especially a bishop)

Adjective:

1. proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles;

   "papal dispensation"
   

2. denoting or governed by or relating to a bishop or bishops

3. puffed up with vanity;

   "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"
   "overblown oratory"
   "a pompous speech"
   "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"
   

经典引文

• The pontifical voice of a network editorial philosopher engulfed him.

  出自： I. Wallace

近反义词

【近义词】

• papal 罗马教皇的
• portentous 前兆的
• pompous 傲慢的
• episcopal 主教的
• prelatic 高级教士的...
• self-important 妄自尊大的
• grandiose 宏伟的
• pretentious 自命不凡的
• apostolic 使徒的
• grandiloquent 辞藻浮华的
• apostolical 使徒的
• overblown 停息的