Definition of fastidious in English:

fastidious

adjective faˈstɪdɪəsfæˈstɪdiəs

1Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail.
爱挑剔的，苛求的；（过于）讲究的
she dressed with fastidious care
Example sentencesExamples
- They want you to do everything to them, but then are too fastidious to name it.
- Aside from this fastidious attention to detail, the designer's work has few distinguishing features.
- A first-year student at Williams may well become frustrated with such fastidious nit-picking.
- In its overall design and fastidious attention to detail, the table reflects the concept of presenting a useful, industrially produced object that is a work of art.
- He's a detail man, obsessively fastidious to the point that he still handles the steady-cam himself, to get those shots just right.
- The central characters are fastidious, scrupulous and articulate.
- For the fastidious reader interested in precise historical accuracy, these flaws are very substantial.
- This Prime Minister, who is so fastidious about all matters, says that she was happy to leave the judgment on this issue up to her electorate office staff.
- Why be so fastidious in dealing with the likes of Norman?
- He made relatively few films and gained the reputation of being a fastidious and sometimes ruthless perfectionist.
- He plays it deadpan, with impeccable style and fastidious attention to detail, but of course that only enhances the absurdity.
- His playing is not only passionately alluring but also remarkably fastidious to the slightest detail in the scores.
- His appearance strikes me as unusual for a middle-aged man - overly fastidious and somehow too calculated.
- The owner of our company is pretty fastidious in choosing products that are naturally and environmentally sound.
- Why does a conductor so fastidious and precise with an orchestra always seem so blithely undisturbed by such unidiomatic, out-of-tune singing?
- I've looked for holes in the armor but Donaldson's too fastidious.
- I was struck by the fastidious care with which the parties divided up the cost of the vacations they took together; sometimes calculations were made to the penny.
- He had to carefully attend to each customer's fastidious demands.
- He is eloquent at description, fastidious about mythic details, but reticent about his personal life.
- In retrospect, I wish I had been more fastidious.
Synonyms
scrupulous, punctilious, painstaking, meticulous, assiduous, sedulous, perfectionist, fussy, finicky, dainty, over-particular
critical, overcritical, hypercritical, hard/difficult/impossible to please
pedantic, precise, exact, hair-splitting, exacting, demanding
Scottish &amp Irish pass-remarkable
informal pernickety, nitpicking, choosy, picky
North American informal persnickety
archaic nice, overnice
1. 1.1 Very concerned about matters of cleanliness.
  讲究清洁的，有洁癖的
  the child seemed fastidious about getting her fingers dirty
  这女孩似乎特别害怕把手指弄得黏糊糊、脏兮兮的。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He always loves to have everything very chic and polished and fastidious.
  When I started cleaning carpets, I realized early that my standards of cleaning weren't up to the level of some of the highly fastidious clients I was attracting.
  The food may be healthy, but the conditions under which it's made are far from the standards demanded by fastidious Westerners.
  It does not matter how fastidious one is, how thoroughly and often one washes one's hands or even how many vitamins one takes, one is still likely to get sick from long-haul air travel.
  Paul was fastidious when it came to cleanliness.
  The mouse genome, it seems, is more fastidious with its housecleaning than the human.
  One or two buckets will do for a clean bath for even the most fastidious person.

Derivatives

fastidiously

adverb faˈstɪdɪəslifæˈstɪdiəsli

I hope you are all playing as fastidiously as this.
Example sentencesExamples
- Power, he fastidiously believed, ought simply to be handed to patricians like himself.
- Henry was fastidiously clean by the standards of the time.
- I collected Eisners and studied them fastidiously.
- There are few patrons for the fastidiously classical performer.

fastidiousness

noun faˈstɪdɪəsnəsfæˈstɪdiəsnəs

The best of them have a fastidiousness of mind and manner which is deeply attractive.
Example sentencesExamples
- She is a high-strung kind of girl, but at least her fastidiousness extends to her sense of obligation and hospitality.
- Such fastidiousness is not an advantage for a columnist.
- It was really about his excessive fastidiousness.
- The 33-year old man works with delicacy and fastidiousness, saying that each job entails a precise and constant application.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin fastidiosus, from fastidium 'loathing'. The word originally meant 'disagreeable', later 'disgusted'. Current senses date from the 17th century.

This comes from Latin fastidiosus, from fastidium ‘loathing’. The word originally meant ‘disagreeable, distasteful’, later ‘disgusted’. Current senses (‘attentive to accuracy’, ‘concerned about personal cleanliness’) date from the 17th century.

Rhymes

hideous, insidious, invidious, perfidious

Definition of fastidious in US English:

fastidious

adjectivefæˈstɪdiəsfaˈstidēəs

1Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail.
爱挑剔的，苛求的；（过于）讲究的
he chooses his words with fastidious care
Example sentencesExamples
- He plays it deadpan, with impeccable style and fastidious attention to detail, but of course that only enhances the absurdity.
- They want you to do everything to them, but then are too fastidious to name it.
- His playing is not only passionately alluring but also remarkably fastidious to the slightest detail in the scores.
- Why be so fastidious in dealing with the likes of Norman?
- A first-year student at Williams may well become frustrated with such fastidious nit-picking.
- The central characters are fastidious, scrupulous and articulate.
- He made relatively few films and gained the reputation of being a fastidious and sometimes ruthless perfectionist.
- For the fastidious reader interested in precise historical accuracy, these flaws are very substantial.
- He's a detail man, obsessively fastidious to the point that he still handles the steady-cam himself, to get those shots just right.
- Aside from this fastidious attention to detail, the designer's work has few distinguishing features.
- In retrospect, I wish I had been more fastidious.
- Why does a conductor so fastidious and precise with an orchestra always seem so blithely undisturbed by such unidiomatic, out-of-tune singing?
- In its overall design and fastidious attention to detail, the table reflects the concept of presenting a useful, industrially produced object that is a work of art.
- This Prime Minister, who is so fastidious about all matters, says that she was happy to leave the judgment on this issue up to her electorate office staff.
- He is eloquent at description, fastidious about mythic details, but reticent about his personal life.
- He had to carefully attend to each customer's fastidious demands.
- I was struck by the fastidious care with which the parties divided up the cost of the vacations they took together; sometimes calculations were made to the penny.
- The owner of our company is pretty fastidious in choosing products that are naturally and environmentally sound.
- His appearance strikes me as unusual for a middle-aged man - overly fastidious and somehow too calculated.
- I've looked for holes in the armor but Donaldson's too fastidious.
Synonyms
scrupulous, punctilious, painstaking, meticulous, assiduous, sedulous, perfectionist, fussy, finicky, dainty, over-particular
1. 1.1 Very concerned about matters of cleanliness.
  讲究清洁的，有洁癖的
  the child seemed fastidious about getting her fingers sticky or dirty
  这女孩似乎特别害怕把手指弄得黏糊糊、脏兮兮的。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He always loves to have everything very chic and polished and fastidious.
  One or two buckets will do for a clean bath for even the most fastidious person.
  When I started cleaning carpets, I realized early that my standards of cleaning weren't up to the level of some of the highly fastidious clients I was attracting.
  It does not matter how fastidious one is, how thoroughly and often one washes one's hands or even how many vitamins one takes, one is still likely to get sick from long-haul air travel.
  Paul was fastidious when it came to cleanliness.
  The food may be healthy, but the conditions under which it's made are far from the standards demanded by fastidious Westerners.
  The mouse genome, it seems, is more fastidious with its housecleaning than the human.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin fastidiosus, from fastidium ‘loathing’. The word originally meant ‘disagreeable’, later ‘disgusted’. Current senses date from the 17th century.

词汇	fastidious
释义	Definition of fastidious in English: fastidious adjective faˈstɪdɪəsfæˈstɪdiəs 1Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail. 爱挑剔的，苛求的；（过于）讲究的 she dressed with fastidious care Example sentencesExamples They want you to do everything to them, but then are too fastidious to name it. Aside from this fastidious attention to detail, the designer's work has few distinguishing features. A first-year student at Williams may well become frustrated with such fastidious nit-picking. In its overall design and fastidious attention to detail, the table reflects the concept of presenting a useful, industrially produced object that is a work of art. He's a detail man, obsessively fastidious to the point that he still handles the steady-cam himself, to get those shots just right. The central characters are fastidious, scrupulous and articulate. For the fastidious reader interested in precise historical accuracy, these flaws are very substantial. This Prime Minister, who is so fastidious about all matters, says that she was happy to leave the judgment on this issue up to her electorate office staff. Why be so fastidious in dealing with the likes of Norman? He made relatively few films and gained the reputation of being a fastidious and sometimes ruthless perfectionist. He plays it deadpan, with impeccable style and fastidious attention to detail, but of course that only enhances the absurdity. His playing is not only passionately alluring but also remarkably fastidious to the slightest detail in the scores. His appearance strikes me as unusual for a middle-aged man - overly fastidious and somehow too calculated. The owner of our company is pretty fastidious in choosing products that are naturally and environmentally sound. Why does a conductor so fastidious and precise with an orchestra always seem so blithely undisturbed by such unidiomatic, out-of-tune singing? I've looked for holes in the armor but Donaldson's too fastidious. I was struck by the fastidious care with which the parties divided up the cost of the vacations they took together; sometimes calculations were made to the penny. He had to carefully attend to each customer's fastidious demands. He is eloquent at description, fastidious about mythic details, but reticent about his personal life. In retrospect, I wish I had been more fastidious. Synonyms scrupulous, punctilious, painstaking, meticulous, assiduous, sedulous, perfectionist, fussy, finicky, dainty, over-particular critical, overcritical, hypercritical, hard/difficult/impossible to please pedantic, precise, exact, hair-splitting, exacting, demanding Scottish &amp Irish pass-remarkable informal pernickety, nitpicking, choosy, picky North American informal persnickety archaic nice, overnice 1.1 Very concerned about matters of cleanliness. 讲究清洁的，有洁癖的 the child seemed fastidious about getting her fingers dirty 这女孩似乎特别害怕把手指弄得黏糊糊、脏兮兮的。 Example sentencesExamples He always loves to have everything very chic and polished and fastidious. When I started cleaning carpets, I realized early that my standards of cleaning weren't up to the level of some of the highly fastidious clients I was attracting. The food may be healthy, but the conditions under which it's made are far from the standards demanded by fastidious Westerners. It does not matter how fastidious one is, how thoroughly and often one washes one's hands or even how many vitamins one takes, one is still likely to get sick from long-haul air travel. Paul was fastidious when it came to cleanliness. The mouse genome, it seems, is more fastidious with its housecleaning than the human. One or two buckets will do for a clean bath for even the most fastidious person. Derivatives fastidiously adverb faˈstɪdɪəslifæˈstɪdiəsli I hope you are all playing as fastidiously as this. Example sentencesExamples Power, he fastidiously believed, ought simply to be handed to patricians like himself. Henry was fastidiously clean by the standards of the time. I collected Eisners and studied them fastidiously. There are few patrons for the fastidiously classical performer. fastidiousness noun faˈstɪdɪəsnəsfæˈstɪdiəsnəs The best of them have a fastidiousness of mind and manner which is deeply attractive. Example sentencesExamples She is a high-strung kind of girl, but at least her fastidiousness extends to her sense of obligation and hospitality. Such fastidiousness is not an advantage for a columnist. It was really about his excessive fastidiousness. The 33-year old man works with delicacy and fastidiousness, saying that each job entails a precise and constant application. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin fastidiosus, from fastidium 'loathing'. The word originally meant 'disagreeable', later 'disgusted'. Current senses date from the 17th century. This comes from Latin fastidiosus, from fastidium ‘loathing’. The word originally meant ‘disagreeable, distasteful’, later ‘disgusted’. Current senses (‘attentive to accuracy’, ‘concerned about personal cleanliness’) date from the 17th century. Rhymes hideous, insidious, invidious, perfidious Definition of fastidious in US English: fastidious adjectivefæˈstɪdiəsfaˈstidēəs 1Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail. 爱挑剔的，苛求的；（过于）讲究的 he chooses his words with fastidious care Example sentencesExamples He plays it deadpan, with impeccable style and fastidious attention to detail, but of course that only enhances the absurdity. They want you to do everything to them, but then are too fastidious to name it. His playing is not only passionately alluring but also remarkably fastidious to the slightest detail in the scores. Why be so fastidious in dealing with the likes of Norman? A first-year student at Williams may well become frustrated with such fastidious nit-picking. The central characters are fastidious, scrupulous and articulate. He made relatively few films and gained the reputation of being a fastidious and sometimes ruthless perfectionist. For the fastidious reader interested in precise historical accuracy, these flaws are very substantial. He's a detail man, obsessively fastidious to the point that he still handles the steady-cam himself, to get those shots just right. Aside from this fastidious attention to detail, the designer's work has few distinguishing features. In retrospect, I wish I had been more fastidious. Why does a conductor so fastidious and precise with an orchestra always seem so blithely undisturbed by such unidiomatic, out-of-tune singing? In its overall design and fastidious attention to detail, the table reflects the concept of presenting a useful, industrially produced object that is a work of art. This Prime Minister, who is so fastidious about all matters, says that she was happy to leave the judgment on this issue up to her electorate office staff. He is eloquent at description, fastidious about mythic details, but reticent about his personal life. He had to carefully attend to each customer's fastidious demands. I was struck by the fastidious care with which the parties divided up the cost of the vacations they took together; sometimes calculations were made to the penny. The owner of our company is pretty fastidious in choosing products that are naturally and environmentally sound. His appearance strikes me as unusual for a middle-aged man - overly fastidious and somehow too calculated. I've looked for holes in the armor but Donaldson's too fastidious. Synonyms scrupulous, punctilious, painstaking, meticulous, assiduous, sedulous, perfectionist, fussy, finicky, dainty, over-particular 1.1 Very concerned about matters of cleanliness. 讲究清洁的，有洁癖的 the child seemed fastidious about getting her fingers sticky or dirty 这女孩似乎特别害怕把手指弄得黏糊糊、脏兮兮的。 Example sentencesExamples He always loves to have everything very chic and polished and fastidious. One or two buckets will do for a clean bath for even the most fastidious person. When I started cleaning carpets, I realized early that my standards of cleaning weren't up to the level of some of the highly fastidious clients I was attracting. It does not matter how fastidious one is, how thoroughly and often one washes one's hands or even how many vitamins one takes, one is still likely to get sick from long-haul air travel. Paul was fastidious when it came to cleanliness. The food may be healthy, but the conditions under which it's made are far from the standards demanded by fastidious Westerners. The mouse genome, it seems, is more fastidious with its housecleaning than the human. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin fastidiosus, from fastidium ‘loathing’. The word originally meant ‘disagreeable’, later ‘disgusted’. Current senses date from the 17th century.
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