n. 主教，教皇；罗马教宗
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词根：pontiff
adj.
pontifical 罗马教宗的；主教的
n.
pontificate 教皇的职位
pontifical 主教仪典书；主教祭服及徽章
vi.
pontificate 执行教皇职务；武断地表示意见
1.The pontiff says he hopes to alert people to the issue of climate change.
教皇说他希望能够引起人们对气候变化的重视。
2.The 83-year-old pontiff stopped twice to bless babies held up to him.
这位年届83岁的教宗，在此过程中两次停下，赐福那些高高举到自己面前的婴孩。
3.The pontiff says it is difficult for him to understand how priests could betray their mission to children.
教皇说，他很难理解神父怎么能够背叛他们对儿童的使命。
4.In 2009, Midnight Mass was interrupted when 25-year-old Susanna Maiolo jumped a barrier and knocked the pontiff down.
2009年，25岁的苏珊娜·梅奥罗越过障碍并撞到教宗，致使子夜弥撒被迫中断。
5.The pontiff 's critics grumbled that he had not really apologized.
教皇的批评者们指出，教皇并没有真正道歉。
6.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。
7.That is deeply embarrassing for the elderly men who now run the church, including the 83-year-old pontiff.
那些事给这些上了年纪的而今营运着教会的人相当的难堪，这里头就有83岁的罗马主教。
8.The Vatican says Pope Benedict will resign at the end of February - the first pontiff to do so in nearly 600 years.
梵蒂冈消息，罗马教皇本笃十六世将于2月底辞去教皇职务——他是600年来首位自己辞去职位的教皇。