(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. 这项研究开展时对细节给予了细心关注。 ■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 scrupulosity noun scrupulously adverb
[as submodifier]she was scrupulously polite. 她小心翼翼,彬彬有礼。
scrupulousness noun 语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'troubled with doubts'): from French scrupuleux or Latin scrupulosus, from scrupulus (see scruple)