intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive 教学的;道德教育的 a didactic novel that set out to expose social injustice. 试图暴露社会不公的一部道德教育小说。 ■in the manner of a teacher, particularly so as to treat someone in a patronizing way 好为人师的,教训人的 she was speaking with a didactic severity. 她说话时板着一副教训人的脸。
派生 didactically adverb didacticism noun 语源
mid 17th cent.: from Greek didaktikos, from didaskein 'teach'