meticulous
meticulous 英 [məˈtɪkjələs] 美 [mɪˈtɪkjələs]
adj. 细心的；小心翼翼的
meticulous planning 周密的计划
He's always meticulous in keeping the records up to date. 他总是十分细心地适时更新存档资料。
- 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.
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- adj. 细心的；小心翼翼的
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1. meticulous planning
周密的计划
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2. He's always meticulous in keeping the records up to date.
他总是十分细心地适时更新存档资料。
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3. My father was meticulous about his appearance.
我父亲对自己的外表很讲究。
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4. a meticulously planned schedule
计划周密的日程安排
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5. meticulously clean
一尘不染
- meticulous (adj.) 1530s, "fearful, timid," from Latin meticulosus "fearful, timid," literally "full of fear," from metus "fear, dread, apprehension, anxiety," of unknown origin. Sense of "fussy about details" is first recorded in English 1827, from French méticuleux "timorously fussy" [Fowler attributes this use in English to "literary critics"], from the Latin word. Related: Meticulosity.
me·ticu·lous / məˈtɪkjələs ; NAmE məˈtɪkjələs / adjective paying careful attention to every detail 细心的；小心翼翼的 SYN fastidious , thorough ◆ meticulous planning/records/research 周密的计划；详细的记录；一丝不苟的研究 meticulousin sth/doing sth ◆ He's always meticulous in keeping the records up to date. 他总是十分细心地适时更新存档资料。 meticulousabout sth ◆ My father was meticulous about his appearance. 我父亲对自己的外表很讲究。 ▶ me·ticu·lous·ly / məˈtɪkjələsli ; NAmE məˈtɪkjələsli / adverb ◆ a meticulously planned schedule 计划周密的日程安排 ◆ meticulously clean 一尘不染 me·ticu·lous·ness / məˈtɪkjələsnəs ; NAmE məˈtɪkjələsnəs / noun [uncountable ] me·ticu·lous / məˈtɪkjələs ; NAmE məˈtɪkjələs / me·ticu·lous·ly / məˈtɪkjələsli ; NAmE məˈtɪkjələsli / me·ticu·lous·ness / məˈtɪkjələsnəs ; NAmE məˈtɪkjələsnəs /
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