Front | scrupulous |
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Pron | ['skruːpjələs] |
Back | 【scrupulous】 adj.1.正直的 2.谨慎小心的 A less scrupulous man wouldn't give the money back to its owner. 稍不正直的人就不会将钱送还给失主。 The nurse treated the wounded soldiers with the most scrupulous care. 护士无微不至地照顾受伤的士兵。 |
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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