1
- of or relating to education and scholarship（与）教育和学问（有关）的; 学术的：
academic achievement
学术成就
he had no academic qualifications.
他的学历资格欠缺。
1.1
- of or relating to an educational or scholarly institution or environment学校的; 学院的; 大学的：
students resplendent in academic dress.
穿着校服神采奕奕的学生们。
1.2
- (of an institution or a course of study) placing a greater emphasis on reading and study than on technical or practical work（机构, 课程）偏重理论的; 非技术教育的, 不注重实践教育的：
a very academic school aiming to get pupils into Oxford or Cambridge.
一所旨在为牛津或剑桥输送学生的十分重视理论学习的学校。
1.3
- (of a person) interested in or excelling at scholarly pursuits and activities（人）学习型的, 学者的：
Ben is not an academic child but he tries hard.
本不是学者型的孩子, 但是他很努力。
1.4
- (of an art form) conventional, especially in an idealized or excessively formal way（艺术形式）传统的（尤指理想化或极其正式的）：
academic painting.
传统绘画。
2
- not of practical relevance; of only theoretical interest不切实际的; 纯理论的：
the debate has been largely academic.
辩论基本是纯理论性的。
- a teacher or scholar in a university or institute of higher education大学教师, 学者。
派生词
academically
adverb词源
mid 16th cent.: from French académique or medieval Latin academicus, from academia （see ACADEMY）.