painstakingpains‧tak‧ing /ˈpeɪnzˌteɪkɪŋ/ ●○○ adjective [usually before noun]
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very careful and thoroughSYN meticulous: The work had been done with painstaking attention to detail. Chris described in painstaking detail what had happened.► see thesaurus at
careful
—painstakingly adverb: The old painting was painstakingly restored.
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painstakingly
['peɪnzteɪkɪŋlɪ]
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费力地(67%),苦心地(33%)
adv.煞费苦心地;费力地
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