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If someone is pedantic, they pay too much attention to rules and to small, details. A pedantic comment is one that is technically correct but not helpful — like stopping a story to fix a tiny word.
If someone is pedantic如果一個人很pedantic（學究氣、吹毛求疵）, they pay too much attention他們會太過在意 to rules and to small, unimportant details規則和一些不重要的小細節。 A pedantic comment一句學究氣的話 is one that is technically correct but not helpful雖然技術上沒錯，但沒什麼幫助 — like stopping a story to fix a tiny word就像有人在講故事講到一半，硬要停下來糾正一個小字。
The word is almost always negative. Though actually, in careful talk people sometimes put it on with a half-smile: “This is a bit pedantic, but…” meaning “I know this is a small point, and I still want to make it”. That use is a polite apology, not praise.
The word is almost always negative這個字幾乎都是負面的意思。 Though actually不過其實, in careful talk在講話比較講究的場合, people sometimes put it on with a half-smile有人會半開玩笑地說: "This is a bit pedantic, but…"「這樣講可能有點吹毛求疵，不過…」 meaning意思是 "I know this is a small point, and I still want to make it"「我知道這是個小地方，但我還是想講一下」。 That use is a polite apology這種用法是一種客氣的道歉, not praise而不是稱讚。
Formal-to-neutral; common in essays and in arguments.
Formal-to-neutral語氣算正式到中性之間; common in essays and in arguments常出現在文章和辯論裡。
It is not a of pedagogical. Pedagogical is about teaching methods. Pedantic is about fuss.
It is not a synonym of pedagogical它跟pedagogical（教學法的）不是同義詞。 Pedagogical is about teaching methodspedagogical講的是教學方法。 Pedantic is about fusspedantic講的是小題大作、吹毛求疵。
組成pedant + -ic（變成形容詞）。
同家族的字
- pedantthe person who behaves this way
- pedanticallythe adverb form
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
pedanticadj/pəˈdæn.tɪk/
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Being overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning, like a pedant.
- Bad news for a certain kind of pedantic patriot (look away now, Jacob Rees-Mogg). Prince Charles has debased the English language – and in a letter to a foreign potentate, no less.
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Tending to show off one’s knowledge, often in a tiresome manner.
- They had heard people call things pedantic, which they did not think were so ; for instance, a boy had once said that Harry himself was a pedant, for talking of the siege of Syracuse, and of the machines used there, because the boy knew nothing about them, and disliked reading. "Then you perceive," said his mother, "that the meaning of the word varies with the different degrees of knowledge of those who use it. I remember when it was thought pedantic for a woman to talk of some books, which are now the subject of common conversation. Sometimes old-fashioned learning, and sometimes useless learning, is called pedantry; and it is generally thought pedantic to produce any kind of learning that is so unusual, that it is not likely that the company is acquainted with it, or can be pleased by it. In short, pedantry may be said to be an ill-timed parade of knowledge."
- The style is pedantic and reviewish: but I can easily fancy states of mind to which it may be no less salutary on that account.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。