| 单词 | thoroughly |
| 释义 | thoroughly (once / 127 pages) adv Thoroughly means exhaustively and completely. No matter how thoroughly you clean every carpet, shelf, and windowpane in a house, there is always more dust to be found. Thorough comes from the word through, and originally meant passing completely through something. We use thorough and thoroughly now to show that we have really been as meticulous as possible in a given task. If a detective interviews everyone present at the scene of the crime, collects all the biological evidence, and takes pictures from every angle, then we can say she investigated the crime thoroughly WORD FAMILYthorough: thoroughest, thoroughly, thoroughness USAGE EXAMPLESHowever, potential foster families must be thoroughly screened to prevent the placing of a child with a possible abuser. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) A spokeswoman said Mr. Baker shared a desire with state lawmakers to thoroughly prepare for the start of a new industry distributing a controlled substance. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) The philosopher Roger Scruton, writing in this newspaper, thoroughly undid this argument simply by asking, “But what created the laws of physics?” Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) 1adv in an exhaustive manner we searched the files thoroughly Syn exhaustively 2adv completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly') Syn good, soundly |
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