pontifical

释义

adj.教皇的; 大祭司的; 傲慢的; 武断的

实用场景例句

Papal diplomats , all priests nowadays , are trained at the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in Rome.

如今教廷的外交官都是牧师, 都在罗马的圣座神职学院(PontificalEcclesiasticalAcademy)接受培训.

期刊摘选

His words criticising modern society just right indicate his pontifical character.

他用以批评现代社会的言论恰好反映了他自大武断的性格。

辞典例句

英英释义

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"- Newsweek