pedantry

US [ˈped(ə)ntri]
UK ['ped(ə)ntri]
  • n.迂腐；谨小慎微
  • Web卖弄学问；炫学；学究气
Plural Form：pedantries  

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pedantry
n.
1.
迂腐；谨小慎微too much attention to small details or rules

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If nothing else, having a few recondite words at your disposal can be a great defense against the pedantry of others.
假如无太多影响，在你的表达中使用一些深奥的词语对于其他人的卖弄学问可是一种很好的防卫。
jiǎ rú wú tài duō yǐng xiǎng , zài nǐ de biǎo dá zhōng shǐ yòng yì xiē shēn ào de cí yǔ duì yú qí tā rén de mài nòng xué wèn kě shì yī zhǒng hěn hǎo de fáng wèi 。
article.yeeyan.org
2.
Instead, she talks with the practised clarity of her columns, the pedantry of someone wary of misinterpretation.
想反，她说起话来十分清晰，就像她写专栏一样，就像某位学究提防被人误解。
xiǎng fǎn , tā shuō qǐ huà lái shí fēn qīng xī , jiù xiàng tā xiě zhuān lán yí yàng , jiù xiàng mǒu wèi xué jiū dī fáng bèi rén wù jiě 。
www.ftchinese.com
3.
For these basic people, pedantry is not of, the PRC have not a better way to do, have to be Taiwan's KMT to deal with.
对于这些基本盘的迂腐不化，中共方面暂时也拿不出更好的办法，还得要台湾的国民党来对付。
duì yú zhè xiē jī běn pán de yū fǔ bù huà , zhōng gòng fāng miàn zàn shí yě ná bù chū gèng hǎo de bàn fǎ , hái děi yào tái wān de guó mín dǎng lái duì fù 。
blog.sina.com.cn
4.
This is not pedantry, but a quiet insistence that Africans can no longer be lumped together as one.
这不仅仅是瞎讲究，而是非洲各国不再总被看成一个整集得无声坚持。
zhè bù jǐn jǐn shì xiā jiǎng jiū , ér shì fēi zhōu gè guó bú zài zǒng bèi kàn chéng yī gè zhěng jí de wú shēng jiān chí 。
www.ecocn.org
5.
A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
愚蠢者将哲学曲解成愚昧，将科学领会成迷信，将艺术转变成迂腐。大学教育也同样如此。
yú chǔn zhě jiāng zhé xué qū jiě chéng yú mèi , jiāng kē xué lǐng huì chéng mí xìn , jiāng yì shù zhuǎn biàn chéng yū fǔ 。 dà xué jiào yù yě tóng yàng rú cǐ 。
www.hjenglish.com
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And if that kind of knowledge be a trifle in itself, the pedantry is the greater.
如果，有几分知识是一个琐事本身，学究气是更伟大的。
rú guǒ , yǒu jǐ fēn zhī shi shì yī gè suǒ shì běn shēn , xué jiū qì shì gèng wěi dà de 。
zhidao.baidu.com
7.
But as his actions have departed little from late-period George W. Bush, this boils down to mood and pedantry.
但由于奥巴马在行动上与乔治·W·布什（GeorgeW.Bush）政府后期相差无几，这种对比最终体现在语气和咬文嚼字上。
dàn yóu yú ào bā mǎ zài xíng dòng shàng yǔ qiáo zhì · W · bù shí ( GeorgeW.Bush ) zhèng fǔ hòu qī xiāng chà wú jǐ , zhè zhǒng duì bǐ zuì zhōng tǐ xiàn zài yǔ qì hé yǎo wén jiáo zì shàng 。
www.ftchinese.com
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Striving for development needy't discard the history, respecting historical traditions doesn't mean pedantry.
求发展其实不必抛弃过去，尊重历史传统并不等于食古不化、拘泥于传统。
qiú fā zhǎn qí shí bú bì pāo qì guò qù , zūn zhòng lì shǐ chuán tǒng bìng bù děng yú shí gǔ bù huà 、 jū ní yú chuán tǒng 。
www.boshuo.net
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You cannot encapsulate the human experience of learning in some mechanistic pedantry.
你无法将人类关于学习的经验限制在机械化的论调里。
nǐ wú fǎ jiāng rén lèi guān yú xué xí de jīng yàn xiàn zhì zài jī xiè huà de lùn diào lǐ 。
article.yeeyan.org
10.
Nor is the distinction a matter of pedantry.
也不是对卖弄学问者的区分问题。
yě bú shì duì mài nòng xué wèn zhě de qū fēn wèn tí 。
article.yeeyan.org
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