meticulous
英語[編輯]
詞源[編輯]
源自拉丁語 meticulōsus (「畏懼的,膽怯的,可怕的,驚人的」),源自metus (「恐懼」)和-culōsus,後半部分取自perīculōsus (「危險的」)。「謹小慎微的」一意源自法語 méticuleux。
發音[編輯]
形容詞[編輯]
meticulous (比較級 more meticulous, 最高級 most meticulous)
- 細緻的,謹小慎微的
- 近義詞: careful、precise、painstaking、rigorous、scrupulous;亦參見Thesaurus:meticulous
- 反義詞: sloppy、careless、slapdash
- meticulous search
- 細緻的搜查
- meticulous investigation
- 嚴謹的調查
- meticulous knowledge
- 細緻的知識
- meticulous report
- 詳細的報告
- 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.
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- (古舊) 膽怯的,過分小心的
- 近義詞: 參見Thesaurus:cautious
- 反義詞: aggressive、carefree;亦參見Thesaurus:careless
衍生詞彙[編輯]
延伸閱讀[編輯]
- 「meticulous」, Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, OCLC 800618302
- 「meticulous」, The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, OCLC 867766587