| Front | scrupulous |
|---|---|
| Pron | ['skruːpjələs] |
| Back | 【scrupulous】 adj.谨慎的 A scrupulous man never fails to give back the borrowed money to its owner. 谨惧的人绝不会不还钱给债主。 |
| Vocab | scrupulouscharacterized by extreme care and great effort
Scrupulous means very careful to do things properly and correctly, such as paying friends back for money borrowed right away, or not returning a pair of shoes after they've been worn outdoors. A scrupulous person is full of scruples, which are concerns about doing things that are morally right. Such a person is hesitant or doubtful, and might have trouble deciding what is morally right or wrong. The adjective scrupulous is from Latin scrūpulōsus, from scrūpulus "scruple." A near synonym is punctilious. All forms of 'scrupulous' will appear on average once every 523 pages. scruple scruples scrupulous scrupulously scrupulousness unscrupulous unscrupulously unscrupulousness |
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