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.
雙語例句
1. His lecture was so pedantic and uninteresting.
他的講座學(xué)究氣太濃，沒意思。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He is learned, but neither stuffy nor pedantic.
他很博學(xué), 但既不妄自尊大也不賣弄學(xué)問.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Reading in a pedantic way may turn you into a bookworm or a bookcase, and has long been opposed.
讀死書會(huì)變成書呆子,甚至于成為書櫥, 早有人反對過了.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
4. In the discussion he often seemed petty and pedantic.
在交談當(dāng)中,他往往拘泥小節(jié),咬文嚼字.
來自辭典例句
5. Our treatment is rigorous without being pedantic.