| 词汇 | pedantry |
| 释义 | pedantry noun[ U ] disapprovinguk /ˈped.ən.tri/ us /ˈped.ən.tri/ the quality of being too interested in formal rules and small details that are not important: 迂腐，学究气，谨小慎微 There was a hint of pedantry in his elegant style of speaking.他优雅的语言风格中带着一丝迂腐。 His speech was precise to the point of pedantry.他的发言过于专注细节，学究气太重。 See pedant It is not mere pedantry to insist on the proper use of grammar. She recognizes the pedantry of the narrator's style. His only fault was a tendency towards pedantry. Wanting everything to be right anally anally retentive choosy cover all the basesidiom dot the i's and cross the t'sidiom fuss fussbudget fussily fussiness fusspot particular pedant pedantic pedantically perfectionism punctilious punctiliously punctiliousness purism purist Examples of pedantrypedantry The archaeology of such biographical dictionaries celebrates scholarship but also exposes pedantry, populism, and commercialism. What is being described was no mere theoretical pedantry or game with words. A new pedantry was coming of age, new fields were calling for new methods, which themselves required new means of expression. This man has read everything, but it all appears in a pertinent, scholarly manner, without pedantry or flaunting fashionableness. The syntax should be accurate according to the standards of the time, but not to excesses of grammatical pedantry. His learning is wide and devoid of pedantry, the style is wonderfully readable and the organization and selection are judicious. 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 any pedantry. It is a pedantry to differentiate between them, and it must be rectified. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He suggested that there might be complaints about a split infinitive, or pedantry of that sort. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As to reasonableness, without descending into lawyers' pedantry it would generally be the case that any attempt to define reasonableness further is self-defeating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a point where there is misplaced pedantry and misplaced obstinacy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the ground of pedantry, my noble friend again appears to be on the wrong side. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You cannot with a spirit of political pedantry discuss these institutions on the abstract merits. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So there has been no pedantry about it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would suggest to people who speak like that, that that is really pedantry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of pedantry 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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