punctilio

1 The stranger said no more, but saluting him with a kind of careless punctilio, took hold of my lady's rein and led her horse forward into the firelight.

2 Like all his aristocratic breed, he had a certain punctilio to observe in such affairs.

3 Then he went on to the front row and sat down beside Dolohov, giving a friendly and careless nudge with his elbow to the man whom other people treated with such punctilio.

然后他走到第一排，坐在多洛霍夫身旁，友善而随便地用臂肘推了一下别人阿谀奉承的多洛霍夫。

4 How far away from such conceptions of Christianity are those which busy themselves on either side with matters of detail, with punctilios of observance, and pedantries of form?

5 The doctor greeted William cordially, and with that punctilio that a man offers to one whom he recognizes as his superior.

6 But I grimly remembered the phrase, “proud punctilio.”

7 Assuredly, Dale was not versed in the punctilio of the duel, but he knew how and where to hit with a fist that was hard as one of his own spanners.

8 He appeared deeply interested but his simple punctilio required the reinforcement of my approval, before he could quite clear the skirts of his conscience in the matter of having sampled its contents.

9 At this time, the fashion of the French court led to extreme attention to all the punctilios of etiquette.

10 Now, grave colleagues, What comfort might this injur'd lady drain, In these punctilios which import her state, From this insensate sot?

11 The knowledge that he has wronged another is a keen pang to a proud man of an honor almost fastidious in his punctilio of right.

12 Not that he was not perfectly competent to do without any existing canvas; while, when he had it, he treated it without the very slightest punctilio.

13 "Very honorable indeed; but at this moment we must waive a punctilio."

14 He spoke with a nasal tone and without much grammatical punctilio.

15 I care not to confess that the love I bear his Lordship, together with some punctilio of duty, is the only argument that might bring me here to-night.

16 She told Forbes where Willie's cigars were kept, but he made a punctilio of not smoking them, though he had none of his own and would not order any from the hotel.

17 It became, at length, a sectarian punctilio not to abstain from labor on Christmas.

18 Besides, this is not a time for such punctilio.

19 It had been a knotty question with the chief samurai, who acted as master of the ceremonies, as to the exact shade of punctilio which it would be fitting to employ on the occasion.

20 I could say, if this were the place, what those writings are.—‘Make it the place, and never stand upon punctilio!’

1 拘泥

pedantry

2 细节

nitty-gritty detail specific intricacy nicety particularity mechanics point particular circumstance minutiae the ins and outs the ins and the outs wrinkle thing passage specialty facts and figures

3 谨慎

nice conservative cautious unobtrusive guarded chary punctilious care caution discretion circumspection draw in horns

4 拘泥形式

formal Pharisaic formalistic punctilious formality externality formalism punctiliousness methodism scholasticism formalist pharisaic pharisaical ceremonial pharisaism externalism formalize jazzy ceremonialism

5 死板

muscle-bound punctilious priggish booksy hidebound priggism

6 一丝不苟

precise scrupulous punctilious to the letter

7 拘谨

stiff self-contained stuffy starchy prim inhibited prudery

8 拘泥细节

precise pettifogging hairsplitting