pontiff
发音
英 [ˈpɒntɪf]
美 [ˈpɑntɪf]
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- n.
- 罗马教皇，主教，大祭司
单词词源
pontiff 教皇，宗座
来自拉丁语pontifex,主祭司，教皇，来自pons,桥，-fex,做，制造，词源同do,fact.即修桥的人，引申词义连接凡人和神的人，后用做教皇尊称。
双语例句
- 1. The pontiff 's critics grumbled that he had not really apologised .
- 教皇的批评者们指出，教皇并没有真正道歉。
- 2. But they also take the pontiff to task on lots of things .
- 但是，他们也向教皇提及了许多其他事情。
- 3. The vatican announced on friday that the pontiff would have his own youtube channel .
- 梵蒂冈周五宣布，主教会拥有他个人的youtube主页。
- 4. That is deeply embarrassing for the elderly men who now run the church , including the 83-year-old pontiff .
- 这让管理教会的年长的男性们深感尴尬，包括83岁的罗马教皇。
- 5. In particular , he has packed the previous pontiff 's top expert on islam off to cairo and merged the vatican 's department for inter-religious dialogue into its " ministry " of culture .
- 特别是他还把前任教皇伊斯兰教方面的顶级专家打发到开罗，并把教廷负责宗教间对话（inter-religiousdialogue）的部门并入了文化部。