pedants是什么意思？

pedants

• n. <贬>卖弄学问的人，学究，书呆子( pedant的名词复数 )；

例句

• Pedants will find plenty to quibble in Mr Kaletsky's analysis the past , let alone his predictions. 学究派会对卡里兹基的经济史分析吹毛求疵, 更不必说他的经济预测.
• Not all aged men are pedants. 并不是每个上了年纪的人都是道学先生.
• Only pedants believe in the advantage of obfuscation. 只有书呆子才相信使人困惑会有好处.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  拘泥于细节（或传统）的人；（尤指）学究，书呆子，老夫子
  If you say that someone is a pedant, you mean that they are too concerned with unimportant details or traditional rules, especially in connection with academic subjects.
  例句
  I am no pedant and avoid being dogmatic concerning English grammar and expression. 我不是书呆子，不想在英语语法和表达方式上过于教条主义。