scrupulous
/ˈskruːpjʊləs/adjective
1- (of a person or process) diligent, thorough, and extremely attentive to details(人, 过程)小心谨慎的, 注意细节的:
the research has been carried out with scrupulous attention to detail.
开展这项研究时对细节给予了细心关注。
1.1
- very concerned to avoid doing wrong过度谨慎的:
she's too scrupulous to have an affair with a married man.
她非常谨慎, 不会和已婚男子发生恋情。
派生词
scrupulosity
nounscrupulously
adverb她小心翼翼, 彬彬有礼。
scrupulousness
noun词源
late Middle English (in the sense 'troubled with doubts'):from French scrupuleux or Latin scrupulosus, from scrupulus (see SCRUPLE).