1530s, "fearful, timid," from Latin meticulosus "fearful, timid," literally "full of fear," from metus "fear, dread, apprehension, anxiety," of unknown origin. Sense of "fussy about details" is first recorded in English 1827, from French méticuleux "timorously fussy" [Fowler attributes this use in English to "literary critics"], from the Latin word. Related: Meticulosity.
雙語例句
1. The painting had been executed with meticulous attention to detail.
畫這幅畫的時候，畫家非常注意細節。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He has been a meticulous manager, a manager par excellence.
他是個十分細心的經理，出類拔萃的經理。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Kemp knew him for a meticulous officer.
肯普認為他是個很細心的官員。
來自柯林斯例句
4. We'll have to handle the matter with meticulous care.
這事一點不能含糊.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
5. She is meticulous in her presentation of facts.