giving too much attention to formal rules or small details
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例句
1. He is learned, but neither stuffy nor pedantic. 他很博学,但既不妄自尊大也不卖弄学问。 2. Reading in a pedantic way may turn you into a bookworm or a bookcase, and has long been opposed. 读死书会变成书呆子,甚至于成为书橱,早有人反对过了。