scrupulous

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Exactly and carefully conducted.
    — Come on! You have got to admire their dedication to the rules! These two men are so scrupulous, they would sit at a broken red traffic light for six hours in the middle of the night. “Hey, red is red! We live in a civilized society! Red is red! We stay!”
  2. Having scruples or compunctions.
  3. Precise; exact or strict.
    — He is scrupulous in his finances.
  4. Wrongly feeling guilt or anxiety about one’s morality; suffering from scrupulosity.
    — Because I have a scrupulous conscience, I sometimes need to be reminded that not everything I do is sinful.

词形变化

more scrupulous comparative most scrupulous superlative

词汇关系

相关词
scrupulosity scrupulously scrupulousness

词源

From Middle French scrupuleux, from Latin scrupulosus.
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