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单词 painstaking
释义
painstaking
adjective
uk
/ˈpeɪnzˌteɪ.kɪŋ/us
/ˈpeɪnzˌteɪ.kɪŋ/
extremelycarefulandcorrect, andinvolvinga lot ofeffort:
认真仔细的，精心的，费尽心思的
It tookmonthsof painstakingresearchto write thebook.这本书是经过好几个月的苦心研究才写出来的。
He wasdescribedby hiscolleaguesas a painstakingjournalist.同事们都说他是一名认真而严谨的记者。
Synonyms
careful
conscientious
meticulousapproving
scrupulous
thorough(CAREFUL)
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
paying close attention to detail
  • carefulAfter careful consideration, we are unable to accept your proposal.
  • thoroughHe seems like he's not paying attention, but don't be fooled - he's very thorough.
  • meticulousThis book is the result of years of meticulous research.
  • methodicalI appreciated his methodical approach to the work.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Complicated and difficult to do
  • advanced
  • ambitious
  • ambitiously
  • another
  • arduous
  • fierce
  • formidable
  • formidably
  • get blood out of/from a stoneidiom
  • grail
  • obstinately
  • onerous
  • overdemanding
  • picnic
  • problematic
  • tuff
  • ultra-sensitive
  • unresolved
  • unsolved
  • unwieldy
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Detailed and careful
Effort and expending energy
(Definition ofpainstakingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

painstaking| American Dictionary

painstaking
adjective
us
/ˈpeɪnzˌteɪ·kɪŋ,ˈpeɪnˌsteɪ-/
(esp. ofwork) verycarefulandneedinga lot ofattention:
It took manymonthsof painstakingresearch, but he was nowreadyto write thebook.
(Definition ofpainstakingfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpainstaking

painstaking
This collective biography is apainstakingand very informative reconstruction of the lives of a number of these reformist intellectuals.
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In investigations of the meta-level process per se, thepainstakingavoidance of subtle cueing may be less relevant, and an indirect metacognition paradigm suitable.
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But these indirect methods are oftenpainstakingand limited by time, patience, and the availability of patients with selective impairments.
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Painstakingand comprehensive they may be, but the last word they are not.
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Many titles come from the early silent era where information neededpainstakingreassembly.
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Where necessary they have used mathematical notation but only afterpainstakingexplanation.
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I was, however, not aware of the other disturbing issues raised by thispainstakinganalysis.
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One of the virtues of this book is that it gives us a close look at the kind ofpainstakingintellectual labor such reform involves.
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While the author'spainstakingresearch is impressive, the end result is mixed due to problems in organisation and in the presentation of results.
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The text's beautiful, delicate, cautious, andpainstakingcalligraphy is equally encoded with ethical implications.
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Much of the work is traditionalpainstakinglexical description, but the availability of large-scale tabulation of the overall results lends particular weight to the conclusions.
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Some of these points probably sound carping in view of the sheer industry andpainstakingwork undertaken to bring this project to the fore.
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Both are symbolised by thepainstakingtranscription in an appendix of a large part of the inquisition trial on which the book is based.
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Onlypainstaking, detailed local studies will tell us which patterns held in which parts of this vast and heterogeneous country.
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He does so combining administrative, political and economic history with apainstakingstudy of the colonial land registers.
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