Word of the Day：February 13, 2022
fastidious
一丝不苟的；严谨的
adjective [fəˈstɪdiəs]
What It Means
Fastidious means "showing extreme care when doing something." Less commonly, it may be used to describe a person who is difficult to please.
Fastidious 意思是“在做某事时表现出过度的谨慎”。 不太常用的说法是形容一个难以取悦的人。
FASTIDIOUS in Context
"Curran kept fastidious notes on woolly-bear coloration in an attempt to link them to weather patterns." — Jim McCormac, The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch, 2 Jan. 2022
“Curran 对灯蛾毛虫的颜色进行了严格的记录，试图用它们颜色的变化来预知天气情况。”
The handbags have clearly been made with fastidious attention to detail.
手袋的制作非常注重细节。
Did You Know?
Fastidious comes from Latin fastidium, meaning "aversion" or "disgust." Fastidium is believed to be a combination of fastus, meaning "arrogance," and taedium, "irksomeness" or "disgust." (Taedium is also the source of tedium and tedious.) In keeping with its Latin roots, fastidious once meant "haughty," "disgusting," and "disagreeable," but the word is now most often applied to people who are very meticulous or overly difficult to please, or to work which reflects a demanding or precise attitude.
Fastidious 来自拉丁语 fastidium，意思是“aversion「厌恶」”或“disgust「令人反感」”。 Fastidium 是由 fastus（意为“arrogance「傲慢的」”）和 taedium（意为“irksmeness「讨厌的」”或“disgust「令人反感的」”）组合而成。 （Taedium 也是tedium和tedious的来源。）fastidious曾经为了保留其拉丁词根含义，指“haughty「傲慢的」”、“disgusting「恶心的」”和“disagreeable「不愉快的」”的意思，现在最常指那些看起来非常一丝不苟的或难以取悦的人，或对工作态度苛刻或要求精准的。
Quiz
Fill in the blanks to complete a synonym of fastidious: p _ _ s _ ic _ _ t _.
persnickety