Pedant
[ 'pɛdnt ]
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n. <贬>卖弄学问的人，学究，书呆子;
💡 词根助记
ped教育+ant人→钻研教育的人→学究式人物
📝 例句
He's an old pedant.
他是个老学究。
He's a bit of a pedant.
这人有点迂。
a captious pedant; an excessively demanding and faultfinding tutor.
吹毛求疵的学究；过分苛求、吹毛求疵的导师。
He is a perfect type of pedant.
他是个十足的书呆子典型。
Everybody at the meeting is a droning pedant.
会上人人都是语言乏味的空谈家。
🌱 联想助记
【记】ped-脚,ant-蚂蚁:用脚踩到了蚂蚁,因为走路看书不看路→书呆子
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
pedant
n
(derog 贬)
1 person who attaches too much importance to detail or to rules, esp when learning or teaching 学究; 书呆子.
2 person who values academic knowledge and likes to display his learning 卖弄学问的人.
🔁 扩展释义
*['pedәnt]n. 自夸学问的人, 空谈家, 书呆子
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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After my wife died,
我妻子去世后，
Some relative clauses in the contract have to be amended owing to the unexpected situation.
由于这种难以预料的情况，合同中的有关条款不得不做些修改。
But you said you'd come out to dinner with me. We fixed it.
但你说过你愿意出来和我共进晚餐的。我们已经决定了的。