| 单词 | thoroughgoing |
| 释义 | thoroughgoing (once / 8874 pages) 1adj 2adj Anything thoroughgoing is comprehensive — it pays extremely careful attention to details. Your thoroughgoing research most likely involved endless hours of sifting through multiple sources. A thoroughgoing paint job will be neatly edged and precisely done, and a thoroughgoing government reform will involve a huge, involved overhaul of the system. This adjective has an old-fashioned sound these days, when thorough usually works just as well. Both words come from the Old English þuruh, "from end to end and side to side." WORD FAMILYthoroughgoing USAGE EXAMPLESIf nothing else, this is a thoroughgoing failure of Democratic messaging. Wall Street Journal(Dec 06, 2016) Repeal or thoroughgoing reform of that destructive law is certainly a key step toward an economic recovery. Wall Street Journal(Nov 17, 2016) The music of “Carousel,” in fact, hits our ears as a thoroughgoing consolation. Washington Post(Nov 13, 2016) 1 adj performed comprehensively and completely 2thoroughgoing research Syn exhaustive, thorough complete having every necessary or normal part or component or step adj without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers a thoroughgoing villain Syn arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, unadulterated, utter unmitigated not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier |
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