| 单词 | meticulous |
| 释义 | meticulous (once / 3383 pages) adj 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. The Latin root of meticulous is metus, which means "fear," so it's easy to see how eventually meticulous got its meaning. Someone who's meticulous is afraid of what will happen if they're not careful enough to get every detail right. "Detail oriented" and "perfectionist" are other ways of describing someone who cares deeply about the small things and about getting things exactly right, every time. Concert pianists must be meticulous, because audiences are always listening for wrong notes. WORD FAMILYmeticulous: meticulosity, meticulously, meticulousness USAGE EXAMPLES"He is so meticulous in his preparation that I expect him to play pretty terrific tennis pretty quickly," he added. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) Although he struggles with folding the fitted sheets, he is meticulous, lining up the edges just so. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) That was a mere cameo compared to her passionate and meticulous work in “20th Century Women,” a movie that truly revolves around her. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1adj marked by precise accordance with details meticulous research Syn punctilious precise sharply exact or accurate or delimited 2adj marked by extreme care in treatment of details a meticulous craftsman almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities Syn fastidious giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness |
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