meticulous
C2
CET-6
大学
FREQ #17781
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a. 一丝不苟的, 精确的, 过细的
发音
US
/mɪˈtɪkjɪlɪs/
UK
US
/mɪˈtɪkjuləs/
词形变化
more meticulous
比较级
most meticulous
最高级
教材释义与例句
形容词
一丝不苟的；小心翼翼的；拘泥小节的
释义与例句
adj.
C2
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1.
Characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details.
过细
细致
meticulous search
meticulous investigation
meticulous knowledge
meticulous report
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2.
Timid, fearful, overly cautious.
古体
词汇关系
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词源
Learned borrowing from Latin meticulōsus (“full of fear, timid, fearful, terrible, frightful”), from metus (“fear”) and -culōsus, extracted from perīculōsus (“perilous”). Sense of “characterized by very precise, conscientious attention to details” is a semantic loan from French méticuleux.
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