词语释义

英 [mə'tɪkjələs] 美 [mə'tɪkjələs]

adj. 一丝不苟的；小心翼翼的；拘泥小节的

单词分析：

记忆方法：谐音“每提裤拉丝”——小心翼翼的。

英英释义

Adjective:

marked by precise accordance with details;"meticulous research"
"punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette"

marked by extreme care in treatment of details;"a meticulous craftsman"
"almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities"

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单词词源

中文词源

meticulous 小心翼翼的

来自拉丁语metus,恐惧，害怕，忧虑。即充满恐惧的，后引申词义谨慎的，小心翼翼的。

英语词源

meticulous (adj.)

1530s, "fearful, timid," from Latin meticulosus "fearful, timid," literally "full of fear," from metus "fear, dread, apprehension, anxiety," of unknown origin. Sense of "fussy about details" is first recorded in English 1827, from French méticuleux "timorously fussy" [Fowler attributes this use in English to "literary critics"], from the Latin word. Related: Meticulosity.

词态变化

副词 meticulously;
名词 meticulousness;

权威造句

1. The painting had been executed with meticulous attention to detail.

画这幅画的时候，画家非常注意细节。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He has been a meticulous manager, a manager par excellence.

他是个十分细心的经理，出类拔萃的经理。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Kemp knew him for a meticulous officer.

肯普认为他是个很细心的官员。

来自柯林斯例句

4. We'll have to handle the matter with meticulous care.

这事一点不能含糊.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. She is meticulous in her presentation of facts.

她介绍事实十分详细.

来自《简明英汉词典》

近反义词

careful 小心谨慎的

painstaking 辛苦的

scrupulous 小心谨慎的

particular 特定的

fussy 过分装饰的

orderly 有秩序的

faithful 忠诚的

exacting 严格的

conscientious 认真的

thorough 彻底的

finicky 过分挑剔的

duteous 忠贞的

punctilious 精密细心的

相似短语

meticulous construction 精心施工

meticulous cultivation 精耕细作

meticulous design 精心设计

meticulous inspection 严格检查

intensive care unit (ICU) 重病监护室

industrial control unit (ICU) 工业控制机，工业控制器

meticulous to a fault 过分小心, 谨小慎微

intensive and meticulous cultivation 精耕细作

in a meticulous way 过细地, 细致地

meticulous plan all expenditures 精打细算