| 释义 |
ac·a·dem·ic
I. \|akə|demik, -ēk\ adjective
also ac·a·dem·i·cal \-ə̇kəl\
Etymology: Middle French & Latin; Middle French académique (influenced in meaning by académie), from Latin academicus of the school of Plato, from Greek akadēmeikos, from Akadēmeia, a place where Plato taught + -ikos -ic, -ical — more at academy
1. usually capitalized : belonging or relating to the philosophy of Plato
2.
a. : of, belonging to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning
< the academic curriculum >
< academic interests >
b. : formed by school training or associations : scholarly
< an academic mind >
c. : very learned but inexperienced in or unable to cope with the world of practical reality : visionary
< academic thinkers and schoolmen, men whom the free spaces of thought frightened and who felt safe only behind secure fences — V.L.Parrington >
d. : based on formal study at an institution of learning, especially of higher learning
< though I have no academic qualifications, I am in fact much more highly educated than most university scholars — G.B.Shaw >
3. : of or belonging to literary or art studies
< the state might free the academic high schools of those who do not belong there, either through an expanded apprentice training program or through vocational guidance — American Child >
4.
a. : conforming usually overrigidly to the traditions or rules of a school especially of literature or art : conventional, formalistic
< I call them academic because I think the composer's interest in the musical devices he was employing was greater than his effort toward a direct … expression of anything in particular — Virgil Thomson >
b. : meeting the standards or deriving from the teachings of an official academy
c. : of a conservative nature : realistic, representational — compare abstract, modern
5.
a. : theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical act or result : speculative, abstract
< the problem of truth is more than an academic problem of rational, objective, neutral knowledge — J.L.Hromándka >
b. : of no practical or useful significance
6. : conforming to the architectural theories of Vitruvius (1st century B.C.) and later classical theorists as embodied in the doctrines of the Italian and French academies : marked by conventional use of the classical orders
• ac·a·dem·i·cal·ly \-mə̇k(ə)lē, -ēk-, -li\ adverb
II. noun
(-s)
1. usually capitalized
a. : a philosopher of the Academy
b. : one adhering to the philosophy of Plato
2.
a. : one (as a professor or student) that is associated with or a member of an institution of learning (as a university)
b. : one that is academic in background, outlook, actions, or procedure
III. noun
academics plural : academic subjects |