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单词 pedantry
释义
pedantry
noun[U]
disapproving
uk
/ˈped.ən.tri/us
/ˈped.ən.tri/
thequalityof being toointerestedinformalrulesandsmalldetailsthat are notimportant:
迂腐，学究气，谨小慎微
There was ahintof pedantry in hiselegantstyleofspeaking.他优雅的语言风格中带着一丝迂腐。
Hisspeechwaspreciseto thepointof pedantry.他的发言过于专注细节，学究气太重。
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  • It is notmerepedantry toinsiston theproperuse ofgrammar.
  • Sherecognizesthe pedantry of the narrator'sstyle.
  • His onlyfaultwas atendencytowards pedantry.
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(Definition ofpedantryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpedantry

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The archaeology of such biographical dictionaries celebrates scholarship but also exposespedantry, populism, and commercialism.
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What is being described was no mere theoreticalpedantryor game with words.
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A newpedantrywas coming of age, new fields were calling for new methods, which themselves required new means of expression.
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This man has read everything, but it all appears in a pertinent, scholarly manner, withoutpedantryor flaunting fashionableness.
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The syntax should be accurate according to the standards of the time, but not to excesses of grammaticalpedantry.
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His learning is wide and devoid ofpedantry, the style is wonderfully readable and the organization and selection are judicious.
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No doubt there are omissions and inaccuracies, and the 'cometocracy' will nitpick, but on my part the sheer volume of information contained in this book far outweighs anypedantry.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is apedantryto differentiate between them, and it must be rectified.
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He suggested that there might be complaints about a split infinitive, orpedantryof that sort.
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As to reasonableness, without descending into lawyers'pedantryit would generally be the case that any attempt to define reasonableness further is self-defeating.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There is a point where there is misplacedpedantryand misplaced obstinacy.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
On the ground ofpedantry, my noble friend again appears to be on the wrong side.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
You cannot with a spirit of politicalpedantrydiscuss these institutions on the abstract merits.
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So there has been nopedantryabout it.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I would suggest to people who speak like that, that that is reallypedantry.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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