pedantic

英 [pɪˈdæntɪk]

美 [pɪˈdæntɪk]

adj.  迂腐的; 学究气的

TEM8

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

• 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；
• And although you may anticipate that it's kind of pedantic, I really do want to illustrate something by it.
  你们可能会觉得，这有些迂腐，但我想通过它来讲一些东西。
• "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。”
• Behind this seemingly pedantic linguistic game lies an important truth about brokenness: that although in some way it clearly implies imperfection, life needs flaws to be whole.
  这似乎是个书生气的文字游戏，但背后却蕴含了有关破碎的一条真理：尽管在某种意义上缺憾意味着不完美，但如果没有缺憾，人生就不完整。
• If I understood his pedantic German correctly, he was expressing an admiration for her.
  如果我没理解错他那学究式的德语的话，那么他是在向她表示仰慕之意。
• The workforce knows that pedantic adherence to fixed rules rapidly falls by the way side in the light of tight schedules and limited resources.
  职工知道，根据紧张的进度和有限的资源，迂腐地遵守确定的规则会快速地半途而废。
• 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。
• Our treatment is rigorous without being pedantic.
  我们的处理是严格的，而不是学究式的。
• 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。
• But here, I'm just being a little more pedantic, that's really what a string is.
  但是这里，我刚有点迂腐的，那实际上就是字符串。