| 单词 | academic |
| 释义 | academic (once / 541 pages) 1adjn 2adj Something that is academic is related to school. Your parents might want to spend less time playing video games and more time focusing on academic pursuits. The noun academic refers to a professor or scholar. As a noun or an adjective, academic relates to book learning and not always in a good way. An academic discussion back in Plato's Academy was probably something better than what it has more recently come to mean: a discussion that's academic has no place in the real world; it's not practical. An academic might have a PhD in Robotics but not know how to work the TV. It doesn't have to mean stuffy, though, just related to college — like when you need an academic gown for graduation. WORD FAMILYacademic: academia, academically, academician, academicism, academics+/academia: academias/academician: academicians, academicianship/academicianship: academicianships/academy: academic, academies, academism USAGE EXAMPLESWill we simply accept the scaling back of programs, both academic and athletic, at our magnificent University of Alaska? Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Some academic research suggests there is little difference between the shopping behavior of men and women when buying wine. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) These awkward exchanges usually stem from ignorance rather than anti-Semitism or neo-Nazi ideals, academic experts and others say. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj associated with academia or an academy the academic curriculum academic gowns 2n an educator who works at a college or university 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper academician, faculty member prof, professor someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university assistant professora teacher or lower rank than an associate professor associate professora teacher lower in rank than a full professor but higher than an assistant professor full professora professor of the highest rank Regius professorholder of a British professorship created by a royal patron visiting professora professor visiting another college or university to teach for a limited time educator, pedagog, pedagogue someone who educates young people 1adj hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result an academic discussion an academic question Syn theoretical concerned with theories rather than their practical applications 2adj marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects Syn donnish, pedantic scholarly characteristic of scholars or scholarship |
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