pedantic是一個形容詞，意思是“賣弄學(xué)問的，迂腐的，過分講究細(xì)節(jié)的”。它來自拉丁語的pedant，意思是“教師，學(xué)究”，又來自意大利語的pedante，意思是“教師，學(xué)究”，又來自晚期拉丁語的paedagogans，意思是“教導(dǎo)的”，又來自希臘語的paidagōgos，意思是“教育者”。它通常用于形容那些過分關(guān)注形式規(guī)則和瑣碎知識點(diǎn)，或者以無聊的方式炫耀自己的知識的人。例如：

• He was a pedantic lecturer who bored his students with trivial facts.

• She corrected his grammar in a pedantic manner.

• He had a pedantic obsession with details and accuracy.

pedantic的近義詞有：

• didactic：來自希臘語的didaktikos，意思是“教學(xué)的，說教的”，又來自希臘語的didaktos，意思是“可教的”，又來自希臘語的didaskō，意思是“教導(dǎo)”。例句：He wrote a didactic poem about the virtues of hard work.

• dogmatic：來自拉丁語的dogmaticus，意思是“哲學(xué)上的，教義上的”，又來自希臘語的dogmatikos，意思是“觀點(diǎn)的，信條的”，又來自希臘語的dogma，意思是“觀點(diǎn)，信條”。例句：She was a dogmatic person who refused to listen to other opinions.

• academic：來自拉丁語的academicus，意思是“屬于雅典學(xué)院的”，又來自希臘語的akadēmikos，意思是“屬于雅典學(xué)院的”，又來自Akadēmeia，意思是“柏拉圖創(chuàng)立的哲學(xué)學(xué)院”。例句：He was an academic scholar who published many papers on ancient history.