painstaking

painstaking — 形容詞

1. done with great care, checking each small part and spending plenty of time to ge

1.形容詞C1
釋義

一絲不苟的

非常仔細、很費工的

done with great care, checking each small part and spending plenty of time to get it right.

例句

The restorer did painstaking work on the temple doors for six weeks.

修復師花了六週，對寺門做了一絲不苟的修復工作。

collocation: painstaking work

Lina made a painstaking chart of every bus stop in town.

Lina 做了一張一絲不苟的圖表，把鎮上每個公車站都列進去。

pattern: adjective before noun

同義詞
  • careful

    broader and more everyday, without the strong idea of long effort

  • thorough

    focuses on covering every part of a task completely

  • meticulous

    very close in meaning, but often even more strongly about tiny details

反義詞
  • careless

    shows too little attention and allows mistakes

  • rushed

    done too quickly to check details properly

文法句型

painstaking work

be painstaking about details

be painstaking in your research

用法筆記

Often describes work, research, or checking rather than personality alone. When it describes a person, the idea is that the person pays close attention to small details.

常見錯誤

❌She is painstaking to her homework.
✅She is painstaking about her homework.
💡use 'about' for the thing you check carefully.
❌The team made a painstakingly report.
✅The team made a painstaking report.
💡use the adjective painstaking before a noun.

painstaking — 名詞