1. 教学（上）的；教育的　concerning education, especially college or university level
2. 学术的　involving a lot of reading and studying rather than practical or technical skills
3. 学习好的　 good at subjects involving a lot of reading and studying; good at learning things by studying
4. 纯理论的；不切实际的　 not connected to a real or practical situation and therefore not important

　～ argument　纯理论的争论
　～ authority　学术权威
　～ books　学术书籍
　～ circles　学术界
　～ costumes　校服
　～ degree　学位
　～ discussion　学术讨论
　～ dress　学位服
　～ exchanges　学术交流
　～ freedom　学术自由
　～ institution　学术机构
　～ life　大学生活
　～ painter　学院派画家
　～ point　纯理论的观点
　～ qualifications　学术资格
　～ question　纯理论问题
　～ rank　学位
　～ record　学历
　～ report　学术报告
　～ research　学术研究
　～ standards　学术水平
　～ studies　学术研究
　～ subjects　学科
　～ thesis　学术论文
　～ title　学术职称
　～ verse　拘泥于格律的诗歌
　～ year　学年
　the ～ community　学术界
　the ～ world　学术界

　They publish academic books.　他们出版大学用书。
　The university is composed of five academic schools.　整个大学由五个学院组成。
　The book brings together several academic disciplines.　该书综合了高等教育的若干个学科。
　The whole academic system is unfair.　整个学校制度有失公平。
　In Britain the academic year runs from October to July.　英国的学年是从10月到7月。
　The academic year begins in September.　一学年由9月开始。
　They were in full academic dress, including gowns and hoods.　他们穿好了全套学位服，包括长袍和披肩。
　We must maintain academic standards.　我们必须保持学术水平。
　That idea is only of academic interest.　那个观念只具有学术上的研究价值。
　The college offers both academic and professional qualifications.　该学院提供学术和职业两方面的资格证书。
　The course is a combination of academic and practical work.　本课程系课堂教学与实际训练的结合。
　I was never a particularly academic child.　我从来不是一个特别好学的孩子。
　It is an exam for academic children.　这是为用功的儿童所举行的一次考试。
　His academic work is excellent.　他学习很好。
　That is merely an academic discussion.　那只是一个理论性的讨论。
　That's an academic point.　那是纯理论的观点。
　The matter was one of only academic interest.　此事纯属不切实际的空谈。
　Where we ought to go for our holidays is a purely academic question because we cannot afford a holiday at all!　我们应该到何处去度假纯粹是空谈，因为我们根本没钱度假。
　It was all academic, because there were never any profits to share out.　这完全是学术性的，因为从来没有分过任何利润。
　She's certainly bright, but she's not very academic.　毫无疑问她很聪明，但她的学业不怎么好。
　She realized that his protest must have been more or less academic.　她认识到他的抗议或多或少都只是口头说说而已的。
　Stop worrying about what to wear to her party—it's all academic anyway, because you haven't even been invited yet.　不要为穿什么去参加她的晚会而担心——这都是空想，因为你还没有被邀请。
　Given the lack of funding, any discussion of future plans was somewhat academic.　鉴于缺乏资金，有关未来计划的任何讨论都有点不切实际。
　Last week these matters were important, but this latest news makes them academic.　上周这些问题还很重要，但这则最新消息使之只剩下纯理论价值了。

C 大学教师a college or university teacher

　academic　的基本意思是“高等院校教师；高校科研人员”，也指大学里的“学者；学究”，后者往往指学院式的、过于注重理论而对现实世界和现实问题知之甚少的人。

　The government has set up a committee of industrialists and academics to advise it.　政府已成立了一个实业家和学者的委员会来为其提供建议。
　The meeting was chaired by a leading Japanese academic.　这次会议由一位杰出的日本学者主持。

　［派生词］ academically adv.学术地；学究式地‖academician n.院士；学会会员‖academicism n. （学术、文学等）墨守成规；传统主义
　［同义词］ adj. collegiate, educational, instructional, scholastic, school, university, bookish, educated, learned, pedantic, scholarly, studious, abstract, conjectural, hypothetical, impractical, not practical, remote, theoretical
　［反义词］ adj. uneducated, unlearned, unlettered, unschooled, unprofessional, untaught, immediate, common-sense, matter-of-course, matter-of-fact, ordinary, practical
　［词源］希腊语Akademia（学术界）