pontifical
GRE
英 [pɒn'tɪfɪk(ə)l]
美[pɑn'tɪfɪkl]
释义
adj. 罗马教宗的；主教的
n. 主教仪典书；主教祭服及徽章
中文词源
pontifical 教皇的，宗座的来自拉丁语pontifex,主祭司，教皇，词源同pontiff.
英文词源
- pontifical (adj.)
- early 15c., from Middle French pontifical and directly from Latin pontificalis "of or pertaining to the high priest," from pontifex (see pontifex). Hence pontificalia "trappings of a bishop."
双语例句
- 1. 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。
来自辞典例句
- 2. 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.
来自互联网
英英释意
- 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
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
