pedantic

英 [pəˈdæn.tɪk]      美 [pedˈæn.tɪk]
  • adj. 迂腐的;学究式的;卖弄学问的;假装学者的
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记忆“pedantic”可以将其分解为“ped”加上“antic”。这里的“ped”可以联想到“pedestrian”,即“步行者”,而“antic”则可以想象成“对抗”或“批评”,结合起来就是“像步行者一样批评或过于注重细节”,这样的形容词通常用来描述人过于学术或书生气。

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pedantic (adj.)
formed in English c. 1600, from pedant + -ic. The French equivalent is pédantesque. Perhaps first attested in John Donne's "Sunne Rising," where he bids the morning sun let his love and him linger in bed, telling it, "Sawcy pedantique wretch, goe chide Late schooleboyes." Related: Pedantical (1580s); pedantically.
1. His lecture was so pedantic and uninteresting.
他的讲座学究气太浓,没意思。
2. He is learned, but neither stuffy nor pedantic.
他很博学, 但既不妄自尊大也不卖弄学问.
3. Reading in a pedantic way may turn you into a bookworm or a bookcase, and has long been opposed.
读死书会变成书呆子,甚至于成为书橱, 早有人反对过了.
4. In the discussion he often seemed petty and pedantic.
在交谈当中,他往往拘泥小节,咬文嚼字.
5. Our treatment is rigorous without being pedantic.
我们的处理是严格的,而不是学究式的.

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