pedantic

英 [pɪˈdæntɪk]

美 [pɪˈdæntɪk]

adj.  迂腐的; 学究气的

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BNC.20086 / COCA.26651

牛津词典

adj.

• 迂腐的；学究气的
  too worried about small details or rules

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 过分拘泥于细节（或传统）的；学究气的；迂腐的
  If you think someone ispedantic, you mean that they are too concerned with unimportant details or traditional rules, especially in connection with academic subjects.
  1. His lecture was so pedantic and uninteresting.
     他的讲座学究气太浓，没意思。

英英释义

adj

• marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
  Synonym:academicdonnish

双语例句

• A pedantic style of writing;
  学究式的写作风格；
• 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。
• This definition, though accurate, is equally as pedantic and useless as the first, from a practical point of view.
  从实用角度看，这个定义尽管精确，但它和第一种描述一样，都是纸上谈兵、毫不实用。
• He gave me a pointed and pedantic stare.
  他看了我一眼，目光犀利而深邃。
• This is often cited as an example of the useless and pedantic degeneracy of medieval Catholic theology
  这经常被作为一个对中世纪神学无用和迂腐的例子
• The typical process-related fear of pedantic adherence to fixed and encumbering rules will be replaced by the sense that process is something that is shaped by experience and real success.
  对于迂腐地遵守确定的且阻碍人的规则的，一般的与过程相关的恐惧将被这种由经验和真实的成功所形成的感觉所替代。
• These arguments relate little, if at all, to the business problem at hand and tend to devolve into pedantic arguments of semantics.
  这些争论根本与手头的业务问题关系甚微，如果有的话也非常少，并退化为书生气十足的语义学争论。
• You would rightly be regarded as a pedantic fool rather than a careful observer.
  你无疑会被当作一个卖弄学问的傻瓜，而不是一个认真的观察者。
• 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。
• "The earlier part of his discourse was deformed by pedantic divisions and subdivisions"( Macaulay).
  “学究式的划分和次分损毁了他的讲话的前一部分的外形”（麦考利）。