scrupulousness(名词):一丝不苟;严谨认真;恪守道德与原则的谨慎。常指在细节、规则或道德层面非常严格、认真,力求不出差错。(也可泛指“顾虑重重/有顾忌”,但较少见。)
/ˈskruːpjələsnəs/
Her scrupulousness shows in how she checks every number twice.
她的一丝不苟体现在她会把每个数字检查两遍。
The report earned trust not through fancy language, but through the scrupulousness with which the evidence was gathered and verified.
这份报告赢得信任并非靠华丽措辞,而是靠收集并核实证据时所体现出的严谨与细致。
来自形容词 scrupulous(严谨的、谨慎的、讲原则的)加名词后缀 -ness(表示“性质/状态”)。scrupulous 源自拉丁语 scrupulus,本义是“小尖石、石子”,引申为“良心上的不安、顾虑”,再发展为“做事极其谨慎、严格遵守规范”的含义。