punctilious
punctilious 英 [pʌŋkˈtɪliəs] 美 [pʌŋkˈtɪliəs]
adj. 一丝不苟的；精密细心的；拘泥形式的
Polanski is still a fugitive from justice and the Swiss are famously a correct and punctilious nation. 波兰斯基仍然是一个在逃犯，瑞士也以法制有度，拘泥不苟而著称。
- A punctilious person pays attention to details. Are you always precisely on time? Is your room perfectly neat? Do you never forget a birthday or a library book's due date? Then you are one of the punctilious people.
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- adj. 一丝不苟的；精密细心的；拘泥形式的
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1. Polanski is still a fugitive from justice and the Swiss are famously a correct and punctilious nation.
波兰斯基仍然是一个在逃犯，瑞士也以法制有度，拘泥不苟而著称。
- punctilious (adj.) 1630s, probably from Italian puntiglioso, from puntiglio "fine point," from Latin punctum "prick" (from nasalized form of PIE root *peuk- "to prick"). Related: Punctiliously; punctiliousness.
punc·tili·ous / pʌŋkˈtɪliəs ; NAmE pʌŋkˈtɪliəs / adjective ( formal) very careful to behave correctly or to perform your duties exactly as you should 一丝不苟的；循规蹈矩的 ◆ a punctilious host 一丝不苟的主人 ▶ punc·tili·ous·ly / pʌŋkˈtɪliəsli ; NAmE pʌŋkˈtɪliəsli / adverb punc·tili·ous·ness / pʌŋkˈtɪliəsnəs ; NAmE pʌŋkˈtɪliəsnəs / noun [uncountable ] punc·tili·ous / pʌŋkˈtɪliəs ; NAmE pʌŋkˈtɪliəs / punc·tili·ous·ly / pʌŋkˈtɪliəsli ; NAmE pʌŋkˈtɪliəsli / punc·tili·ous·ness / pʌŋkˈtɪliəsnəs ; NAmE pʌŋkˈtɪliəsnəs /
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