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punc·til·i·ous
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punctiliously (adv.), punctiliousness (n.)
词根:punctilio
adv.punctiliously 谨小慎微地;拘泥细节地;一丝不苟地
n.punctilio 拘泥形式;细节;拘束
punctiliousness 一丝不苟;小心翼翼;谨小慎微
adjective
strictly adhering to etiquette or formalities.Her mother-in-law was so punctilious that she was always nervous about making any error of etiquette in her presence.
greatly concerned with every detail; precise.Our punctilious housekeeper will have a fit if you leave your coat draped on a chair for five minutes.
"非常友好或行为精确,严格遵守法律或习俗规定的规则或形式",1630年代,可能源自意大利 puntiglioso,,意为 puntiglio "细微之处",源自拉丁语 punctum "刺"(来自 PIE 词根 *peuk- "刺"的鼻化形式)。相关词汇: Punctiliously; punctiliousness。
The first known use of punctilious was in 1617
punctiliousadjective
following exactly the details of proper ways of behaving
punctiliousadjective
following exactly the details of proper ways of behaving
1 But if you’re a pizza cognoscente, or even a bread baker, you’ll recognize that this tomato pie is the work of cooks who are punctilious about their dough.
2 Yet Antoine Boudet, the representative of Les Echos at France's main journalists' union, thinks that Pearson will not be too punctilious about such principles.
但是,《回声报》派驻法国主要的记者组织的代表Antoine Boudet认为,皮尔逊公司不会太过拘泥于这些原则。
3 The , normally so punctilious, has hyphenated and not in the same article.
4 “Bishops are rarely punctilious about procedural niceties,” Beal said in an email.
5 Goldsmith is sober, strait-laced, punctilious; Chuckie sounds like he’s telling it like it is, except when he’s not, which is often — a trick he learned out of professional necessity.
6 Saban was different from Carroll, more punctilious but no less competitive or curious about defenses, with an unusually keen eye for identifying talent.
7 “It is what it is,” Ms. Kennedy said, waving off the concerns of the more punctilious show organizers.
8 Or not, because there was something Napoleonic about the ambition behind that infinitely punctilious façade.
9 The stylish dresser, punctilious about his clothes.
10 Billy is punctilious in the performance of his duties.
毕利执行任务总是一丝不苟的。
11 old-money aristocrats with a punctilious sense of propriety
12 Second, there was some objection to punctilious attention to scientific methodology, such as representativeness and sample size.
13 In an age of punctilious correctness, commenting on a candidate’s attire is perceived more than ever as trivializing, if not sexist or downright demeaning.
14 Mr. Will might also clarify that the possibility of divulging nuclear secrets or selling them to, say, Saudi Arabia is, in fact, a time when the “punctilious enforcement of every law” is warranted.
15 However, the punctilious enforcement of every law, no matter how complex the social context, is zombie governance by people spouting bromides to avoid making complex judgments.
16 The actor Richard Madden, all in black, fastened a punctilious safety pin on his lapel, while the singer Frank Ocean wore a nylon Prada anorak that transformed him into a backpack.
17 The remote formality that typically comes with punctilious service has been banished.
18 It also seems oddly punctilious that an outlaw is always addressed as Señor Zorro and shocking that a Franciscan monk would be whipped in a public square for supposedly swindling a merchant.
19 A punctilious and generous observer of birthdays.
20 When the book opens the punctilious Phileas Fogg lives by the clock, his schedule never varying, each day passed almost entirely at London’s Reform Club, where he reads the newspapers, dines and plays whist.
1 死板的
3 拘礼的
6 拘泥形式
formal Pharisaic formalistic formality externality formalism punctilio punctiliousness formalist pharisaic pharisaical ceremonial pharisaism externalism formalize jazzy ceremonialism
8 一丝不苟
precise scrupulous punctilio to the letter exact conscientious fastidious dot your i's and cross your t's
12 谨慎
nice conservative cautious unobtrusive guarded chary care caution discretion circumspection punctilio draw in horns
13 谨小慎微
15 拘泥形式的
formal Pharisaic formalistic formalist pharisaic pharisaical jazzy