| 单词 | wonkish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈwonkish ˈwonkish adj. originally U.S. Politics excessively concerned with minute points of (governmental) policy (cf. policy wonk n. at policy n.1 Compounds 2); (also more generally) bookish, intellectual; extremely detailed or specialized. ΚΠ 1970 S. Kelmann Push comes to Shove 88 Harry is afraid that with you and Dave, the room is going to become too political and wonkish. 1992 Washington Post 7 Mar. a11/1 There is a lot of wonkish material in here: ‘targeted tax credits’, ‘community policing’, all manner of education and social service reform. 1997 J. Krakauer Into Thin Air iii. 37 Stuart Hutchison..was a cerebral, somewhat wonkish Canadian cardiologist on leave from a research fellowship. 2001 N.Y. Times 12 Aug. i. 35/1 Mr. Hevesi is nothing if not wonkish. As he campaigns for the Democratic mayoral nomination he seems to take genuine delight in the arcana of municipal government and finance. 2004 Observer 11 Jan. (Mag.) 25/2 In a wonkish, engineering way he had discussed with his team the telemetry they might observe if a hole allowed hot gases into the wing during re-entry. < as lemmas |
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