pedantic
英 [pɪˈdæntɪk]
美 [pɪˈdæntɪk]
adj. 迂腐的; 学究气的
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.- His lecture was so pedantic and uninteresting.
他的讲座学究气太浓,没意思。
- His lecture was so pedantic and uninteresting.
英英释义
adj
- marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
双语例句
- From Chen Yins poetical works, we can see a lovable, pitiable and "pedantic" image somewhat worthy of respect in a feudal society.
通过陈寅的诗作,我们看到封建社会一位可爱、可怜,还有几分可敬的“书呆子”的形象。 - In sum, this "Lei Fong" is sensitive to the extent that he is pedantic and wordy.
总而言之,这“雷锋”已经细致到有点迂腐和罗嗦了。 - The academic research of ancient scholars was characterized by popularity, but modern scholars become increasingly pedantic.
古之学者治学具有通俗化的特点,今之学者的思想却日益学究化; - "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。” - Explorer-Promoters, for example, may see Controller-Inspectors as dull, boring, pedantic and detail-oriented.
比如,探索者-推销者可能会认为控制者-检查者枯燥、乏味、呆板,过于关注细节。 - "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)。 - 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。 - This second "misuse", however is one that it would be rather pedantic to protest at nowadays.
然而,这第二种“误用”是一种现今提出异议就可能相当学究气的误用。 - "Pedantic and inflexible" is how a large foreign investor describes it.
一些外国投资者形容其为迂腐且不灵活。 - Keep it, in any case, familiar, facetious even, rather than pedantic and portentous.
无论如何,要使它显得很随便,甚至滑稽可笑,而不要显得很迂腐,夜郎自大。
