paying careful attention to every detail细心的；小心翼翼的 synonym fastidious, thorough- meticulous planning/records/research周密的计划；详细的记录；一丝不苟的研究
- Their room had been prepared with meticulous care.他们的房间经过精心准备。
- She planned her trip in meticulous detail.她精心计划了行程。
- meticulous in (doing) something He's always meticulous in keeping the records up to date.他总是十分细心地适时更新存档资料。🔊🔊
- meticulous about something My father was meticulous about his appearance.我父亲对自己的外表很讲究。🔊🔊
Extra Examples- She kept the records in absolutely meticulous order.她以绝对细致的顺序保持记录。
- She is meticulous in her choice of words.她在语言选择上一丝不苟。
Topics Personal qualitiesc2Oxford Collocations DictionaryMeticulous is used with these nouns: - attention
- care
- craftsmanship
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See full entry Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘fearful or timid’): from Latin meticulosus, from metus ‘fear’. The word came to mean ‘excessively careful about detail’, hence the current sense (early 19th cent.).