very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail 挑剔的,苛求的,难取悦的,吹毛求疵的 his speech is fastidious. 他的讲话吹毛求疵。 ■very concerned about matters of cleanliness 极爱清洁的,有洁癖的 the child seemed fastidious about getting her fingers sticky or dirty. 这女孩似乎特别怕把手指弄得黏乎乎、脏兮兮的。
派生 fastidiously adverb fastidiousness noun 语源
late Middle English: from Latin fastidiosus, from fastidium 'loathing'. The word originally meant 'disagreeable, distasteful', later 'disgusted'. Current senses date from the 17th cent