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me·tic·u·lous
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meticulously (adv.), meticulousness (n.)
词根:meticulous
adv.meticulously 细致地;一丝不苟地;拘泥地
n.meticulosity 一丝不苟
meticulousness 谨小慎微
Adjective
1. marked by precise accordance with details;
"was worryingly meticulous about trivial details"
"punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette"
2. marked by extreme care in treatment of details;
"a meticulous craftsman"
"almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities"
1530年代起,“timid, fearful”,这个意义现在已经不再使用,来自拉丁语 meticulosus, metuculosus “胆小的,怯懦的”,字面意思是“充满恐惧”,源自 metus“恐惧,畏惧,忧虑,焦虑”,这个词的起源目前不明。这个古老的用法在大约1700年后变得过时,固化在托马斯·布朗爵士的一段文字中,尽管这个词偶尔在1807年之前还能模糊地见到使用。
到了1840年代开始回归英语,“关注细节”意味下的使用,来自法语 méticuleux “过分担心的”,[法勒批评这种用法,并将其归咎于“文学批评家”],这个词是拉丁语词汇的后裔。不过人们普遍接受这个意义还需要时间。 Meticulous 于1852年出现在哈利威尔的“古老与地方词典”中(定义为“胆小”),并且在同年克雷格的词典中标为“过时”。理查德·特伦奇在1868年的作品《英语的过去与现在》中列出这个词,他是OED(牛津英语词典)起步运动的发起人,认为它是被“国民心灵的真正语言本能所摒弃和否认的词语”。
1883年的皇家词典将其标为“过时”,并且只有“胆小”的义项,但是在1890年的世纪词典中并没有标为过时,而是定义为“胆小;过于谨慎”。在大约1914至1924年的期间,关于这个词有很多批评和一些辩护在作家发行的出版物中。相关: Meticulosity。
earlier, "fearful," borrowed from Latin metīculōsus, metūculōsus "timid, apprehensive," from metū-, stem of metus "fear, dread" (of uncertain origin) + -culōsus (in perīculōsus "involving danger, perilous") Note: The senses "overscrupulous," then "careful, scrupulous" may depend on French méticuleux, for which these meanings are attested somewhat earlier than in English.
The first known use of meticulous was in 1827
metronomenoun
an instrument that ticks regularly to help a music student play in exact time
metronoun
subway sense 2
metricadjective
of, relating to, or based on the metric system
metrical sense 1
metricaladjective
of, relating to, or arranged in meter
metric sense 1
metricadjective
of, relating to, or based on the metric system
metrical sense 1
metre
meticulousadjective
extremely or overly careful in thinking about or dealing with small details
a meticulous researcher
meticulousadjective
extremely or overly careful in thinking about or dealing with small details
a meticulous researcher
meticulousadjective
extremely or overly careful in thinking about or dealing with small details
a meticulous researcher
1 By contrast, Lauritsen and his Caltech colleagues soberly devoted two full pages to a meticulous accounting of every step they had taken to validate the French findings on carbon and boron alone.
2 Apparently, when a company famed for its meticulous crafting of exactly what children want and one of the largest health insurers in the nation pool their talents, they come up with “Fat people are bad.”
3 Again and again he came to her room, checking, making certain that she was attentive to her job and would be meticulous in the work.
4 On the subject of Her Majesty: For the record, the queen is a “most meticulous hostess,” though she does not insist only on Malvern water or yellow freesias, as has been reported.
5 A letter written in a minute and meticulous hand.
6 He is noted for his meticulous scholarship.
他以治学严谨著称。
7 To help reverse that trend, the state is now asking local officials to do much more meticulous planning to meet their latest housing targets, which in some cases are double that of the previous cycle.
8 They are both known for their meticulous attention to the craft of photography.
9 But the Erudite are as meticulous as they are manipulative, so they wouldn’t leave it up to chance.
10 In Milan, he makes a meticulous record of the human body.
11 Their room had been prepared with meticulous care.
他们的房间是经过细心布置的。
12 The meticulous organization and operation made a perfect trial running completion and the expected goal.
经过精心组织和施工,使系统安装试车圆满完成,达到预定的目标.
13 That minor mystery put to rest, Auri and I began a meticulous investigation of Billows.
14 Our services are: the maintenance of law and abide by integrity, dedication, meticulous.
我们的服务宗旨是: 维护法律、恪守诚信 、 竭诚服务 、 一丝不苟.
15 Each night, with meticulous care, Homer opened his satchel and removed a set of manacles.
16 The design details in the film are also rendered with meticulous care and precision.
17 Deprecate used to mean “ward off by prayer,” meticulous once meant “timid,” and silly went from “blessed” to “pious” to “innocent” to “pitiable” to “feeble” to today’s “foolish.”
18 He is noted for his meticulous scholarship.
他以治学严谨著称。
19 He had to be meticulous in order to prove he was better than his eighth-grade education.
20 Hundreds of olive-drab tents stood in meticulous rows.
1 细心的
tender thorough wary prudent prudential scrupulous studious circumspective gentle minute religious methodical thoroughgoing
2 小心翼翼
3 胆小
hare-hearted hen-hearted poor nervous tender shy eerie timid fearsome craven skittish tremulous mousy yellow-bellied eery fainthearted lily-livered white-livered faintheart chickeny pikerism yellow cowardice timidity pusillanimity cowardliness pale hearted pigeon hearted poor spirited yellow streak yellow livered cold feet
4 小心翼翼的
6 胆怯的
nervous coward fearsome dastardly gingerly skittish unmanly timorous pusillanimous lily-livered shily
7 慎重的
safe mature cautious wary prudent measured discreet prudential studious calculating well-advised circumspective safety-first
11 小心谨慎的
12 极注意细节的
13 胆怯
nervous coward fearsome dastardly gingerly skittish unmanly timorous pusillanimous lily-livered shily timidity diffidence funk quail daunt lose nerve
14 严谨
tight-laced religious exact scientific precise puritan scrupulous mid-Victorian precisely narrowly rigorously soberly punctually fastidiously reticently restraint punctuality religiousness fastidiousness scrupulosity rigorousness severeness soberize stiff as a ramrod strict reserve
17 过分注意细节
19 过分注意细节的
20 明察秋毫的
21 细心
tender thorough wary prudent prudential scrupulous studious circumspective prudence carefulness scrupulosity
22 慎重
safe mature cautious wary prudent measured discreet prudential studious calculating well-advised circumspective safety-first discretion deliberation delicacy providence carefulness caginess take no chances
23 胆小的
hare-hearted hen-hearted poor nervous tender shy eerie timid fearsome craven skittish tremulous mousy yellow-bellied eery fainthearted lily-livered white-livered faintheart chickeny pale hearted pigeon hearted poor spirited yellow livered
24 过分小心的
26 非常仔细
27 严谨的
tight-laced religious exact scientific precise puritan scrupulous mid-Victorian stiff as a ramrod strict
29 细致的