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meticulous adj.一丝不苟的；缜密的 (1) 他以治学严谨著称。(2) 她介绍事实十分详细。(3) 他们的房间是经过精心布置的。(4) 布置得很缜密。(5) 他总是十分细心地补充最新的资料。 The Latin root of meticulous is metus, which means "fear," so it's easy to see how eventually meticulous got its meaning. Someone who's meticulous is afraid of what will happen if they're not careful enough to get every detail right. "Detail oriented" and "perfectionist" are other ways of describing someone who cares deeply about the small things and about getting things exactly right, every time. Concert pianists must be meticulous, because audiences are always listening for wrong notes.

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英 [mə'tɪkjələs] 美 [mə'tɪkjələs] (1) He is noted for his meticulous scholarship.(2) She is meticulous in her presentation of facts.(3) Their rooms had been prepared with meticulous care.(4) The arrangements were meticulous.(5) He's always meticulous in keeping the records up to date. People who are meticulous can be pretty annoying, what with their extreme attention to detail. But if that person is, say, your surgeon or your accountant, you'll want them to be meticulous. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]小心谨慎的；一丝不苟的；注意细节的 If you describe someone as meticulous, you mean that they do things very carefully and with great attention to detail. He was so meticulous about everything...他对所有事情都一丝不苟。The painting had been executed with meticulous attention to detail.画这幅画的时候，画家非常注意细节。meticulouslyThe flat had been meticulously cleaned.公寓被仔仔细细地打扫过了。

英语单词	meticulous
英美音标	英 [mə'tɪkjələs] 美 [mə'tɪkjələs]
中文释义	adj.一丝不苟的；缜密的
英语例句	(1) He is noted for his meticulous scholarship. (2) She is meticulous in her presentation of facts. (3) Their rooms had been prepared with meticulous care. (4) The arrangements were meticulous. (5) He's always meticulous in keeping the records up to date.
中文例句	(1) 他以治学严谨著称。 (2) 她介绍事实十分详细。 (3) 他们的房间是经过精心布置的。 (4) 布置得很缜密。 (5) 他总是十分细心地补充最新的资料。
vocabulary简明	People who are meticulous can be pretty annoying, what with their extreme attention to detail. But if that person is, say, your surgeon or your accountant, you'll want them to be meticulous.
vocabulary扩展	The Latin root of meticulous is metus, which means "fear," so it's easy to see how eventually meticulous got its meaning. Someone who's meticulous is afraid of what will happen if they're not careful enough to get every detail right. "Detail oriented" and "perfectionist" are other ways of describing someone who cares deeply about the small things and about getting things exactly right, every time. Concert pianists must be meticulous, because audiences are always listening for wrong notes.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]小心谨慎的；一丝不苟的；注意细节的 If you describe someone as meticulous, you mean that they do things very carefully and with great attention to detail. He was so meticulous about everything... 他对所有事情都一丝不苟。 The painting had been executed with meticulous attention to detail. 画这幅画的时候，画家非常注意细节。 meticulously The flat had been meticulously cleaned. 公寓被仔仔细细地打扫过了。

Meticulous Attention Detail Things 英 Mə'Tɪkjələs] 美 Mə'Tɪkjələs Adj.一丝不苟的；缜密的