饱学之士

bǎo xué zhī shì dà yán bù cán de chéng rèn tā men shàng bù zhī huò sāng hé méi ěr wéi ěr wéi hé xǔ rén zhū rú cǐ lèi de shì shì lǚ jiàn bù xiān de

饱学之士大言不惭地承认，他们尚不知霍桑和梅尔维尔为何许人，诸如此类的事是屡见不鲜的。

It was not uncommon to hear otherwise well-read men confess to an ignorance of Hawthorne or Melville without embarrassment.