| 单词 | fastidious |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [fæs'tidiəs] |
| 解释 | a.难取悦的，挑剔的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj.难取悦的，挑剔 的(not easy to please ; very critical or discriminating; dainty); 【考】 devoted : zealous / careful : fastidious(过分热衷是狂热/过 分仔细是挑剔)反义词：indiscrimin ate(不加区分的); coarse(粗俗的); easygoing(易于交往 的); uncritical(不严厉的) 【记】 fast(绝食)+tidious( =tedious,乏味的)→ 因乏味而绝食→挑剔的 【同】 同根词：fasting(禁 食) 【例】 She helped the fastidious customer try on all kinds of clothes for an hour. |
| 字源 | fastidious (adj.) mid-15c., "full of pride," from Latin fastidiosus "disdainful, squeamish, exacting," from fastidium "loathing, squeamishness," most likely from *fastu-taidiom, a compound of fastus "contempt, arrogance" and taedium "aversion, disgust." Early use in English was both in passive and active senses. Meaning "squeamish, over-nice" emerged in English 1610s. Related: Fastidiously; fastidiousness. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. (在味道和礼节方面)挑剔的(过分注意细节, 难于取悦的) = dainty = exacting 【记】fast绝食, tidious = tedious(adj 单调乏味的)－因单调乏味而绝食－挑剔的 【类】devoted: zealous = careful: fastidious 过分热衷是狂热 = 过分仔细是挑剔fastidious: outshine = recalcitrant: resist过分讲究的比别人漂亮 = 反抗的抵抗dapper: fastidious 衣冠楚楚的: 过分讲究的 【反】indiscriminate(adj 不加选择的; 不加区分的); coarse(adj 粗糙的; 粗俗的); uncritical(adj 不严厉的)easygoing(adj 逍遥自在的; 放荡的; 不严肃的); cursory(adj 匆匆忙忙的; 草率的) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】fast 绝食 + tidious (tedious,乏味的)→绝食，因为吃什么都觉得乏味→太挑剔 |
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