🇬🇧🇨🇳 academic - 学术的 : English Lesson

Meaning of "academic" ("学术的"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Academic means something is about school-type learning—like reading, writing, math, science, and big ideas—rather than about hands-on jobs like fixing a sink or building a treehouse. Academic work usually happens in classrooms, homework, and tests, and it focuses on thinking, understanding, and learning facts and skills from books and lessons.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

Our academic math lesson proved that no amount of fractions can divide one cookie fairly among four hungry kids.

The dragon joined our academic literature class and only wanted to read books about barbecuing knights.

The ghost haunting the library said it stayed for the academic atmosphere and the whisper-level volume.

Our teacher gave an academic lecture on gravity, and my pencil demonstrated by bravely jumping off the desk.

During academic reading time, my friend read the lunch menu like it was a serious history document.

Tom opens a box of academic books and a box of tools. His hands touch a tool and an academic book. His father calls for work, but Tom takes academic notes on the table. He sits at a small academic desk and reads for the school test. He smiles—he picked the academic path for today.

This word is at the B1 level, which means it’s important for understanding and discussing familiar topics like work, school, or leisure. Words at this level help you express your thoughts, opinions, and experiences with more detail.

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