meticulous
meticulous 英 [məˈtɪkjələs] 美 [mɪˈtɪkjələs]
adj. 一丝不苟的；小心翼翼的；拘泥小节的
- People who are meticulous can be pretty annoying, what with their extreme attention to detail. But if that person is, say, your surgeon or your accountant, you'll want them to be meticulous.
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- adj. 一丝不苟的；小心翼翼的；拘泥小节的
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1. He is nothing if not systematic, which is great for the meticulous planning of moon landings, less good for quick life surveys.
他做事条理性极强，这对日常生活也许没有太大帮助，但对执行一丝不苟的登月计划却大有益处。
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2. The Planck teams are busy now removing this foreground fog, a meticulous process akin to identifying and removing all the hay in a haystack to reveal the needle within.
普朗克小组正忙于移除这道挡在前头浓雾，这是个小心翼翼的过程，类似于在一个干草堆中鉴别并移除干草以发现一根针。
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3. His preparation is meticulous, and what he has to do to get on the pitch is thorough.
他一丝不苟地准备着，他必须要做的是在球场上彻底展现自己。
- meticulous (adj.) 1530s, "fearful, timid," from Latin meticulosus "fearful, timid," literally "full of fear," from metus "fear, dread, apprehension, anxiety," of unknown origin. Sense of "fussy about details" is first recorded in English 1827, from French méticuleux "timorously fussy" [Fowler attributes this use in English to "literary critics"], from the Latin word. Related: Meticulosity.
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