adj.迂腐的;賣(mài)弄學(xué)問(wèn)的;學(xué)究式的
It was pedantic rather than reasonable, just to the point of being grotesque. 它根本談不上合理不合理,甚至迂腐到令人可笑的地步。
He is learned, but neither stuffy nor pedantic. 他很博學(xué),但既不妄自尊大也不賣(mài)弄學(xué)問(wèn)。
He talks quickly, with pedantic precision. 他談吐迅捷,話(huà)里透著學(xué)究式的精確性。
Our treatment is rigorous without being pedantic. 我們的處理是嚴(yán)格的,而不是學(xué)究式的。