英语
词源
源自拉丁语 meticulōsus (“畏惧的,胆怯的,可怕的,惊人的”),源自metus (“恐惧”)和-culōsus,后半部分取自perīculōsus (“危险的”)。“谨小慎微的”一意源自法语 méticuleux。
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meticulous(比较级 more meticulous,最高级 most meticulous)
- 细致的,谨小慎微的
- 近义词: careful、precise、painstaking、rigorous、scrupulous;亦参见Thesaurus:meticulous
- 反义词: sloppy、careless、slapdash
- meticulous search
- 细致的搜查
- meticulous investigation
- 严谨的调查
- meticulous knowledge
- 细致的知识
- meticulous report
- 详细的报告
- 1943,Franklin D. Roosevelt, Roosevelt's Fireside Chat, 28 July 1943:
- The meticulous care with which the operation in Sicily was planned has paid dividends. Our casualties in men, in ships and materiel have been low—in fact, far below our estimate.
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- (古旧) 胆怯的,过分小心的
- 近义词: 参见Thesaurus:cautious
- 反义词: aggressive、carefree;亦参见Thesaurus:careless
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延伸阅读
- meticulous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- meticulous in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911