pedantry
n
(a) [U] too much emphasis on formal rules or detail 迂腐; 拘泥.
(b) [U] boastful and unnecessary display of learning 卖弄学问; 炫耀知识.
(c) [C] instance of this 迂腐; 拘泥; 卖弄学问.
🗣️ 情景例句
You know something?
知道吗?
Either win the horse or lose the saddle.
不是全赢,就是全输;孤注一掷。
but although our faith in many of the things in which our forefathers fervently believed has weakened,