I'm using the word ‘academic’ here in a pejorative sense.
我这里使用的“学术”一词是贬义的。
1.恶化的,变坏的;使带有轻蔑[贬低]意义的
1.【语】轻蔑语
1.a pejorative word, phrase, etc. expresses criticism or a bad opinion of someone or something
1.But "fat" is only pejorative when we allow places like the sun bar to tell us that being fat somehow makes us less of a person.
可是，只有当我们许可像太阳酒吧如许的处所告诉我们，肥胖莫名其妙地让我们低人一等的时辰，“肥胖”才具有贬义。
2."Eye candy" -- sort of pejorative, don't you think?
“视觉糖果”（华而不实）--你不觉得有点轻蔑吗？
3.Jargon is inappropriate, whether elevated, as in specialized technical language, or demeaning, as in a pejorative gibe.
技术行话，不论多专业或是多富含技术性，此类意含嘲讽的写法皆不宜使用。
4.Soldiers invent "mildly pejorative terms" to help them blow off steam, Adams says.
亚当斯说，战士们发明的“轻度贬义词”帮助他们对于没能得到足够好的装备而发泄不满和怨气。
5.Because he was small, and little man in four characters two characters " small" is a pejorative term.
因为他个子小，取人小鬼大四字中两个字“人小”算是轻蔑的称呼。
6.Many use the term myth in a pejorative sense to mean that the stories described are not factually true.
许多人把神话这个词用作贬义，神话意味着描述的故事事实上是不存在的。
7.For my father, who saved or gave away so much of his modest income, the ultimate pejorative was "big spender. "
我的父亲，为了他收入不高的工作保留和放弃很多，这样做的根本就是他是一个巨大的挥霍者。
8.I find the whole slant of this article pejorative and misleading.
我发现，文章的落脚点是偏激的且具有误导性的。
9.Although the term "pyramid" may sound rather pejorative, it is true of all pension schemes.
尽管“老鼠会”这个字眼听起来很刺耳，但却道出了所有养老金计划的本质。
10.Yet we need not be readers of Ruskin to know that competition also has a pejorative sense, even in American usage.
然而，我们就是不读拉斯金的书也知道，竞争也是带有贬意的，哪怕是在美语的用法中也是这样。