fastidious
/fæsˈtɪdɪəs/adjective
1- very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail爱挑剔的, 苛求的; （过于）讲究的：
his speech is fastidious.
他讲起话来总是字斟句酌。
1.1
- very concerned about matters of cleanliness讲究清洁的, 有洁癖的：
the child seemed fastidious about getting her fingers sticky or dirty.
这女孩似乎特别害怕把手指弄得黏糊糊、脏兮兮的。
派生词
fastidiously
adverbfastidiousness
noun词源
late Middle English: from Latin fastidiosus, from fastidium 'loathing'. The word originally meant 'disagreeable, distasteful', later 'disgusted'. Current senses date from the 17th cent.