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painstaking

/peynz-tey-king, peyn-stey-/US // ˈpeɪnzˌteɪ kɪŋ, ˈpeɪnˌsteɪ- //UK // (ˈpeɪnzˌteɪkɪŋ) //

细致,细致的,细致入微,细心的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : taking or characterized by taking pains or trouble; expending or showing diligent care and effort; careful: a painstaking craftsman; painstaking research.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : careful and diligent effort.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.meticulous, thorough

Examples

  • When a large project like “Caliphate” collapses, accordingly, it leaves behind a lot of awkward and painstaking management chores.

  • While the ADA is painstaking in its mandates to avoid potential burdens, the ACAA has historically struggled to find the right balance.

  • Instead, it’s a painstaking recreation of the original hardware, with tweaks to introduce modern conveniences like high-definition video, wireless controllers and improvements to reliability, and so on.

  • Like any good cast iron cleaner, this scrub brush will get rid of the tough residue without ruining the painstaking seasoning that makes the cast iron so great for cooking.

  • At their core, these products represent intellectual property—decades of agricultural know-how, a unique climate, or painstaking investment have set them apart from every other product like them around the world.

  • Without any explanation we watch art restorers at work, and the painstaking, technical deconstruction of a Rembrandt.

  • Monitoring and surveillance are painstaking work, but necessary to finding and preparing the perfect location.

  • In months of painstaking negotiations with the gang of eight, he agreed to the existing language.

  • And the rational corrective is invariably slow and painstaking.

  • Building cover is a long and painstaking process that involves more than remembering not to use a Hebrew word here and there.

  • If not, he must carefully study the intervening pages with painstaking—for when once learned, no further difficulty can arise.

  • Women make better wormers than men, probably because they are more patient and painstaking.

  • Sometimes the Time Observatory would pinpoint an age and hover over it while his companions took painstaking historical notes.

  • Opportunities are constantly afforded for error, and the work must necessarily be painstaking in order to be successful.

  • The location is a rather secluded one and the painstaking care noticeable about so many ruins is lacking.