thorough

thorough
[ˈθʌrə]
adjective
  1. complete with regard to every detail; not superficial or partial
    彻底的；完全的；全面的；透彻的
    planners need a thorough understanding of the subject.
    计划者们需对这个问题有全面地了解。
    ■performed or written with great care and completeness
    缜密的，周详的
    officers have made a thorough examination of the wreckage.
    军官们对沉船残骸做了细致周密的检查。
    ■taking pains to do something carefully and completely
    尽心尽力的，仔细周到的
    the British authorities are very thorough.
    英国当局十分尽力。
    ■[attrib.]absolute (used to emphasize the degree of something, typically something unwelcome or unpleasant)
    彻头彻尾的，完完全全的，十足的（尤指不受欢迎或令人讨厌的程度）
    the child is being a thorough nuisance.
    这小孩是个十足的讨厌鬼。
派生
thoroughly
adverb
thoroughness
noun
语源
  1. Old English thuruh, alteration of thurh 'through'. Original use was as an adverb and preposition, in senses of through. The adjective dates from the late 15th cent., when it also had the sense 'that goes or extends through something', surviving in thoroughfare
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