me.tic.u.lous
meticulous的音标和读音:
DJ音标发音: [miˈtikjələs]
KK音标发音: [mɪˈtɪkjələs]
meticulous的词性:
adj.(形容词)
1. Extremely careful and precise.
谨小慎微的:极度细心的和精确的
2. Extremely or excessively concerned with details.
过度重视细节的:极度或过分关心细节的
meticulous的词源:
3. From Latin metocul?sus [timid]
源自 拉丁语 metocul?sus [胆小的]
4. from metus [fear]
源自 metus [害怕]
meticulous的音标和读音:
meticulous的词性:
adv.(副词)
meticulous, careful, painstaking, scrupulous, fastidious, punctilious
5. These adjectives mean showing or marked by attentiveness to all aspects or details.
这些形容词都指对所有方面或细节表示注意或以这种注意为特征的。
6. Meticulous stresses extreme, sometimes exaggerated care for small details:
Meticulous 强调极度的,有时是过分的对于小细节的关心:
“He had throughout been almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities” (Arnold Bennett).
“他一直对他的业务手续表现出几乎是担心一样的极度细心” (阿诺德·贝内特)。
7. Careful suggests the exercise of attention, circumspection, and solicitude:
Careful 意味着运用注意力、细心和关心:
A careful examination of the antique bronze showed it to be a forgery.
对古董铜像的仔细检查证明它是件赝品。
8. Painstaking means extremely careful:
Painstaking 意味着极度细心:
The skillful repair of fine lace entails slow and painstaking work.
对精致花边的熟练修补需要缓慢而极度细心的工作。
9. Scrupulous suggests care prompted by conscience:
Scrupulous 表示出于良知的细心:
“Cynthia was scrupulous in her efforts to give no trouble” (Winston Churchill).
“辛西娅非常细心地极力不带来任何麻烦” (温斯顿·丘吉尔)。
10. Fastidious implies concern, often excessive, for the requirements of taste:
Fastidious 表示的是出于品味要求的,通常是过分的关心:
“Your true lover of literature is never fastidious” (Robert Southey).
“真正的文学爱好者从不挑剔” (罗伯特·骚塞)。
11. Punctilious specifically applies to strict, exact attention to minute details of conduct:
Punctilious 专指对极微小行为细节的严格的、精细的注意:
“The more unpopular an opinion is, the more necessary is it that the holder should be somewhat punctilious in his observance of conventionalities generally” (Samuel Butler).
“一个观点越不受欢迎,这个观点的持有者越应谨小慎微地观察习俗惯例” (塞缪尔·巴特勒)