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.
实用例句
1. The painting had been executed with meticulous attention to detail.
画这幅画的时候，画家非常注意细节。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He has been a meticulous manager, a manager par excellence.
他是个十分细心的经理，出类拔萃的经理。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Kemp knew him for a meticulous officer.
肯普认为他是个很细心的官员。
来自柯林斯例句
4. We'll have to handle the matter with meticulous care.
这事一点不能含糊.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5. She is meticulous in her presentation of facts.
