conscientious

形容词 adj.
/ˌkɒn.ʃiˈɛn.ʃəs/    /ˌkɑn.ʃiˈɛn.ʃəs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Thorough, careful, or vigilant in one’s task performance; painstaking.
    — He was a thoughtful and conscientious worker.
  2. Influenced by conscience; principled; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong (said of a person).
    — The advice of wise and conscientious people.

词形变化

more conscientious comparative most conscientious superlative

词源

From Middle French conscientieux, from Medieval Latin cōnscientiōsus. Its English equivalent could possibly be analyzed as conscient + -ous. See more at conscience.
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