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.
权威例句
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.