| 单词 | pedant |
| 释义 | pedant noun[C] disapprovinguk/ˈped.ənt/us/ˈped.ənt/apersonwho is toointerestedinformalrulesandsmalldetailsthat are notimportant 书呆子，学究Wanting everything to be right
Examplesofpedantpedant Grammarians may be serious students of language, but they are frequently caricatured as pedants. From theCambridge English Corpus This reference also shows that the traditional preference for the elliptical like is every bit as worthy as the pedants' choice of the elliptical ax. From theCambridge English Corpus More than anything else, linguistic change is a phenomenon pedants cannot cope with, because they cannot control it. From theCambridge English Corpus Purists are pedants insisting on the letter - the 'grammatical' meaning - rather than the spirit of the text. From theCambridge English Corpus Does the difference enhance the language, or merely help to keep pedants employed? From theCambridge English Corpus Apedantmight say that this is a predicament rather than a dilemma; but no matter, the reader will already have gathered that this is an ambitious book. From theCambridge English Corpus There no one but apedantwould suggest an immediate attempt to recover that gold by high bank rates or anything of that kind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The first relates to health spending; it is something of a pedant's point. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps only those take a strong view in that way who are like myself more or less professional pedants in the matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Are the livelihoods of men to be at the mercy of such pedants? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He is nopedantwho refuses to alter any views which he first took up when a case was first press sited to him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not say this in the spirit of apedant. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 To add to what the printers did, the pedants came along. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He is accused of being a constitutionalpedant. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This great legal change over 50 years has not been due to the lawyers or to the pedants. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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