pedantic

pedantic

pedantic是英語中一個形容詞,通常帶有貶義,用於描述過分注重形式規則或瑣碎細節的行為,尤其在學術或專業語境中表現出學究式態度。其發音在英式英語中為/pəˈdæn.tɪk/,美式英語中為/pedˈæn.tɪk/。中文翻譯常見為“迂腐的”“學究式的”“賣弄學問的”等。該詞在例句中常出現於批評拘泥形式或強調錶面學問的場景,例如對規則過度堅持或使用複雜術語以顯示優越。同義詞包括academic、donnish,反義詞為unscholarly。詞源追溯至16世紀,最初與“教師”(pedant)相關,後演變為形容炫耀學識的人。

基本介紹

  • 詞性:形容詞         
  • 發音:英式/pəˈdæn.tɪk/;美式/pedˈæn.tɪk/  
  • 近義詞:academic、donnish  
  • 反義詞:unscholarly 
  • 詞源:源自16世紀教師術語 
定義與用法,發音信息,例句示例,相關辭彙,詞源歷史,雙語例句,

定義與用法

pedantic作為形容詞,通常指過分關注細節或形式規則,尤其以狹隘方式展現學問,帶有不贊成的意味。其英英釋義為“marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects”(以對學問尤其是瑣碎方面的狹隘關注或展示為特徵)。該詞常用於批評學術討論中不必要的嚴格或日常行為中過度拘泥形式。

發音信息

pedantic的發音在不同英語變體中略有差異。英式發音為/pəˈdæn.tɪk/,強調第二音節;美式發音為/pedˈæn.tɪk/,強調第一音節。兩種發音均需注意音節劃分與語調變化以適應語境。

例句示例

  • 學術語境: “They were being unnecessarily pedantic by insisting that Berry himself should have made the announcement”(他們不必要地迂腐,堅持必須由Berry本人而非其妻子發布聲明)。
  • 日常套用: “A dull, pedantic speaker or writer”(學究式枯燥的發言者或作者)。
  • 中性描述: “He is learned, but neither stuffy nor pedantic”(他博學,既不傲慢也不賣弄學問)。

相關辭彙

  • 近義詞: academic(學術的)、donnish(英式學究氣的)、scholarly(博學的)。
  • 反義詞: unscholarly(非學術的)。
  • 聯想詞: pompous(自負的)、pretentious(炫耀的)。

詞源歷史

pedantic的詞源可追溯至莎士比亞時代。16世紀,pedant指男教師,後逐漸演變為描述過分強調書本知識或炫耀學識的人。這一演變反映了社會對教育工作者態度的變化,從最初的職業稱謂轉為帶有批評色彩的描述。

雙語例句

  • In short, her entire musical approach was Romantic: intensely personal, full of light and shade, never pedantic. 簡而言之,她的整個音樂風格都是浪漫的:非常個人化,充滿明暗,從不迂腐。
  • He has red, freckled skin which accompanied red hair; he was a man of forty, thin, with a pinched face, precise and rather pedantic; and he spoke with a Scots accent in a very low, quiet voice. 他有紅色的,帶有雀斑的皮膚和紅色的頭髮;他四十歲,身材瘦削,有一張消瘦的臉,不苟言笑、有點迂腐;而且他說話帶著蘇格蘭口音,聲音很低、很安靜。
  • His lecture was so pedantic and uninteresting. 他的講座學究氣十足且沒趣。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
  • I'm being slightly pedantic here. 我這裡有點過於迂腐了。
  • How empty and pedantic a thinker he is! 他是一個多么空虛而迂腐的思想家啊!
  • He's a bit pedantic. 他這人有點兒迂腐。
  • He talks quickly, with pedantic precision. 他談吐迅捷,話里透著學究式的精確性。
  • Isn't it too pedantic to advocate the multi-love? 像你這種兼愛的主張,是不是太迂腐了呢?
  • Our treatment is rigorous without being pedantic. 我們的處理是嚴格的,而不是學究式的。
  • And a few of his changes seemed somewhat pedantic. 和他的一些變化好像是賣弄學問。
  • Some consider them to be pedantic, but they don't mind. 有些人認為她們是書呆子,但她們並不介意。
  • This distinction may seem pedantic, but it's important. 這種區別可能看起來微不足道,但重要的是。
  • Fidelity, as she perceived it, wasn't something literal and pedantic. 忠誠,正如她理解的那樣,並非是字面上和學究氣的那類事情。
  • But here, I'm just being a little more pedantic, that's really what a string is. 但是這裡,我剛有點迂腐的,那實際上就是字元串。
  • Han Jia, whenever you see a beautiful place, you would always sound pedantic. 您瞧韓佳,一看到美景,說話就文縐縐的了
  • He was a man of forty, thin, with a pinched face, precise and rather pedantic . 他年已四十,瘦骨嶙峋,一張乾瘦的臉,刻板而迂腐。
  • To enforce full compliance with a version of the standard, use the -pedantic option. 使用-pedantic選項來強制遵從某個版本的標準。
  • It also confirmed Mike Dean's reputation as the fussiest and most pedantic of referees. 而主裁判迪恩也再次證明自己是英超最吹毛求痴且喜歡賣弄的裁判。
  • This second "misuse", however is one that it would be rather pedantic to protest at nowadays. 然而,這第二種“誤用”是一種現今提出異議就可能相當學究氣的誤用。
  • To a woman, he seems uncaring and disinter - ested and a man sees her as annoying or pedantic. 對女人來說,他似乎心不在焉或冷漠,而男人認為她令人惱火或空談。
  • Reading in a pedantic way may turn you into a bookworm or a bookcase, and has long been opposed. 讀死書會變成書呆子,甚至於成為書櫥,早有人反對過了。
  • Before we get into the pedantic debate about pixel font sizes, let me just say - let's not go there. 在我們書生氣十足的要為字型的像素數驚醒大辯論的之前,且聽我說,我暫且將此按下不表。
  • As the most important painting is of pedantic, but the foundation is still the most important thing. 作畫自然是書卷氣為重,但是根基還是最要緊的。
  • This is often cited as an example of the useless and pedantic degeneracy of medieval Catholic theology… 這經常被作為一個對中世紀神學無用和迂腐的例子…
  • Feng Yuan & Shi Daizi were over pedantic and stubborn and eventually became victims of the dark society. 馮淵和石呆子二人的生性過於迂執,結果都成了黑暗社會的犧牲品。
  • And although you may anticipate that it's kind of pedantic, I really do want to illustrate something by it. 你們可能會覺得,這有些迂腐,但我想通過它來講一些東西。
  • This definition, though accurate, is equally as pedantic and useless as the first, from a practical point of view. 從實用角度看,這個定義儘管精確,但它和第一種描述一樣,都是紙上談兵、毫不實用。
  • But most persons who try to imitate written language in their speech are often unaware of how pedantic they sound. 但在他們的演講設法仿效書面語言的多數人員對經常是沒有察覺的賣弄學問他們如何聽起來。

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