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单词 perfectionist
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Definition of perfectionist in English:

perfectionist

noun pəˈfɛkʃ(ə)nɪstpərˈfɛkʃ(ə)nəst
  • A person who refuses to accept any standard short of perfection.

    he was a perfectionist who worked slowly
    Example sentencesExamples
    • With the help of his friends, he turns to a corporate workaholic perfectionist lawyer.
    • In contrast, adaptive perfectionists strive only to reach their own goals, not the goals set for them by other people.
    • Self-acceptance, an acceptance of one's imperfections and weaknesses, is very difficult for perfectionists.
    • Professionally, she is a perfectionist who demands high standards from her work.
    • It took me all of two minutes to get working, plus an hour of perfectionist fiddling to get this pretty map.
    Synonyms
    purist, stickler for perfection, idealist, pedant, precisionist, formalist
    archaic precisian
adjective pəˈfɛkʃ(ə)nɪstpərˈfɛkʃ(ə)nəst
  • Refusing to accept any standard short of perfection.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Has this famed perfectionist workaholic chef found a new obsession?
    • In this respect, blogging has revealed a perfectionist streak in me which I didn't know I had.
    • None of that was enough for the perfectionist genius.
    • Never once do we believe that these are professional, perfectionist killers.
    • With the help of his friends, he turns to Rita Harrison, a corporate workaholic perfectionist lawyer.
    • Don't allow perfectionist standards to interfere with progress on your dissertation.
    • Her perfectionist approach makes reading reviews difficult.
    • Back when I was perfectionist youngster I would have taken each missed shot as a personal affront.
    • As the only child of a perfectionist mother, I have been presented with some unusual challenges.
    • The perfectionist chef, Luca, made the soup colourful.
    • What they disagree on is where perfectionist ideals should be invoked.
    • A perfectionist graphic designer kept turning his work in late, not appreciating that his timeliness was every bit as important as the quality of his work product.
    • Offers of new material aren't met due to the Yen's perfectionist outlook.
    • Procrastination often comes from unrealistic perfectionist tendencies, self-doubt, or fear of change.
    • Nothing much changes here thankfully - the perfectionist standards remain.
    • They believe the world is filled with incompetents, with only a few folks who approach their own perfectionist standards.
    • The problem starts with my perfectionist streak.
    • She realised that her perfectionist approach to her work had caused a lot of tension in her muscles.
    • As a perfectionist student, I hated being made an example of every time I couldn't complete warm-up exercises in PE class.
    • Every object he touched had to live up to his perfectionist standard.

Derivatives

  • perfectionistic

  • adjective
    • And when he was telling me we were all too perfectionistic and still too grade-conscious, I said, ‘But Sir, our grades do come out on the transcript… and low marks look terrible, you know.’
      Example sentencesExamples
      • For a band that's lacking in perfectionistic recording tactics, the songs are clean and mean.
      • Before perfectionistic pressure gets a stranglehold on you, alter your outlook.
      • It's far too perfectionistic too: of course, no one can become completely balanced in the center and dish out criticism in precisely balanced portions.
      • Well-organized, orderly, and fastidious, they try to maintain high standards, but can slip into being critical and perfectionistic.

Rhymes

insurrectionist, projectionist, protectionist, rejectionist, vivisectionist

Definition of perfectionist in US English:

perfectionist

nounpərˈfekSH(ə)nəstpərˈfɛkʃ(ə)nəst
  • A person who refuses to accept any standard short of perfection.

    he was a perfectionist who worked slowly
    Example sentencesExamples
    • With the help of his friends, he turns to a corporate workaholic perfectionist lawyer.
    • It took me all of two minutes to get working, plus an hour of perfectionist fiddling to get this pretty map.
    • In contrast, adaptive perfectionists strive only to reach their own goals, not the goals set for them by other people.
    • Self-acceptance, an acceptance of one's imperfections and weaknesses, is very difficult for perfectionists.
    • Professionally, she is a perfectionist who demands high standards from her work.
    Synonyms
    purist, stickler for perfection, idealist, pedant, precisionist, formalist
adjectivepərˈfekSH(ə)nəstpərˈfɛkʃ(ə)nəst
  • Refusing to accept any standard short of perfection.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They believe the world is filled with incompetents, with only a few folks who approach their own perfectionist standards.
    • With the help of his friends, he turns to Rita Harrison, a corporate workaholic perfectionist lawyer.
    • A perfectionist graphic designer kept turning his work in late, not appreciating that his timeliness was every bit as important as the quality of his work product.
    • As the only child of a perfectionist mother, I have been presented with some unusual challenges.
    • Never once do we believe that these are professional, perfectionist killers.
    • Every object he touched had to live up to his perfectionist standard.
    • Nothing much changes here thankfully - the perfectionist standards remain.
    • As a perfectionist student, I hated being made an example of every time I couldn't complete warm-up exercises in PE class.
    • Procrastination often comes from unrealistic perfectionist tendencies, self-doubt, or fear of change.
    • Back when I was perfectionist youngster I would have taken each missed shot as a personal affront.
    • In this respect, blogging has revealed a perfectionist streak in me which I didn't know I had.
    • She realised that her perfectionist approach to her work had caused a lot of tension in her muscles.
    • Her perfectionist approach makes reading reviews difficult.
    • The perfectionist chef, Luca, made the soup colourful.
    • The problem starts with my perfectionist streak.
    • What they disagree on is where perfectionist ideals should be invoked.
    • None of that was enough for the perfectionist genius.
    • Offers of new material aren't met due to the Yen's perfectionist outlook.
    • Don't allow perfectionist standards to interfere with progress on your dissertation.
    • Has this famed perfectionist workaholic chef found a new obsession?
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