meticulous
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[编辑]词源
[编辑]源自拉丁語 meticulōsus (“畏惧的,胆怯的,可怕的,惊人的”),源自metus (“恐惧”)和-culōsus,后半部分取自perīculōsus (“危险的”)。“谨小慎微的”一意源自法語 méticuleux。
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[编辑]meticulous (比較級 more meticulous,最高級 most meticulous)
- 细致的,谨小慎微的
- 近義詞:careful、precise、painstaking、rigorous、scrupulous;亦參見Thesaurus:meticulous
- 反義詞:sloppy、careless、slapdash
- meticulous search
- 细致的搜查
- meticulous investigation
- 严谨的调查
- meticulous knowledge
- 细致的知识
- meticulous report
- 详细的报告
- 1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Roosevelt's Fireside Chat, 28 July 1943:
- The meticulous care with which the operation in Sicily was planned has paid dividends. Our casualties in men, in ships and materiel have been low—in fact, far below our estimate.
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- (古舊) 胆怯的,过分小心的
- 近義詞:參見Thesaurus:cautious
- 反義詞:aggressive、carefree;亦參見Thesaurus:careless
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[编辑]延伸阅读
[编辑]- “meticulous”,Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary,Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913年,OCLC 800618302
- “meticulous”,The Century Dictionary […],New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,1911,OCLC 867766587