punctilious

Word family adjectivepunctiliousadverbpunctiliouslynounpunctiliopunctiliousness

punc·til·i·ous /pʌŋkˈtɪliəs/ adjectiveadj formal

CAREFULvery careful to behave correctly and follow rules 〔行为〕拘谨的，一丝不苟的

punctilious about

Joe was always punctilious about repaying loans.

乔一向按时足额偿还贷款。

—punctiliously adverbadv

—punctiliousness noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

punctilious• Careless in some situations, in others he proved punctilious.• He used words handsomely, though he may have been too careful with them, a little too punctilious.• Certainly, some of the claims they advanced were extreme even by the standards of so punctilious an age.• A punctilious attention to prayers and strict religious observance would win their indulgence.• He was a punctilious blighter and I can't see him using the Lab as a convenient place for a rendezvous.• No denying the boy was dutiful and punctilious in all things, however opinionated he might be.• Darwin was himself something of a gourmet, also punctilious in his insistence that ties were obligatory.• He had his team and he was too punctilious not to share his thinking with them.

Origin punctilious

(1600-1700) punctilio “detail of good behavior” ((16-21 centuries)), from Italian puntiglio, from Spanish puntillo, from Latin punctum; → POINT1

词汇	punctilious
释义	punctilious Word family adjectivepunctiliousadverbpunctiliouslynounpunctiliopunctiliousness punc·til·i·ous /pʌŋkˈtɪliəs/ adjectiveadj formal CAREFULvery careful to behave correctly and follow rules 〔行为〕拘谨的，一丝不苟的 punctilious about Joe was always punctilious about repaying loans. 乔一向按时足额偿还贷款。 —punctiliously adverbadv —punctiliousness noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus punctilious• Careless in some situations, in others he proved punctilious.• He used words handsomely, though he may have been too careful with them, a little too punctilious.• Certainly, some of the claims they advanced were extreme even by the standards of so punctilious an age.• A punctilious attention to prayers and strict religious observance would win their indulgence.• He was a punctilious blighter and I can't see him using the Lab as a convenient place for a rendezvous.• No denying the boy was dutiful and punctilious in all things, however opinionated he might be.• Darwin was himself something of a gourmet, also punctilious in his insistence that ties were obligatory.• He had his team and he was too punctilious not to share his thinking with them. Origin punctilious (1600-1700) punctilio “detail of good behavior” ((16-21 centuries)), from Italian puntiglio, from Spanish puntillo, from Latin punctum; → POINT1
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