| 单词 | purist |
| 释义 | purist (once / 7524 pages) n A purist is a person who insists on following certain rules exactly — to the letter. If you're a language purist, it upsets you to hear someone using bad grammar. Most purists are fans of tradition and traditional rules, always sticking to those rules themselves and often instructing other people to do the same. To be a purist is to be a kind of perfectionist — a baking purist might feel that cookies made without a certain brand of chocolate chips are vastly inferior, for example. The noun purist originally referred specifically to language use, and it comes from the Latin purus, "clean, clear, or unmixed." WORD FAMILYpurist: purists+/impure: impurely, impureness, impurer, impurest, impurity/impurity: impurities/pure: impure, purely, pureness, purer, purest, purism, purity/purism: purisms, purist/purity: purities USAGE EXAMPLESPurists, however, are unlikely to enjoy the idea of penalty shootouts to decide drawn group-stage games. Washington Times(Dec 23, 2016) Even though Huynh prides herself on recreating the fresh, fragrant, fishy flavors that she savored in central Vietnam, she’s no straitjacketed purist. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) Konami’s International Superstar Soccer became the choice of the purist, thanks to its focus on fast-paced, tactical play. The Guardian(Dec 21, 2016) n someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words) Hyper bookworm, pedant, scholastic a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit |
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