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overscrupulous

/ˌoʊvərˈskruːpjələs/ /ˌoʊvərˈskruːpjʊləs/

Meanings
adjective

过于谨慎，谨小慎微。

Excessively scrupulous.

Examples :

"Maria was so overscrupulous about following the rules of the board game that she wouldn't even let her daughter move her piece if she hadn't rolled the dice exactly on the table. "
玛丽亚玩桌游的时候过于谨慎，谨小慎微，如果她女儿没有把骰子完全在桌子上扔，她甚至不让女儿移动棋子。
character moral attitude mind value

Related Words

Illustration about

about adjective

/əˈbɛʊt/ /əˈbaʊt/ /əˈbʌʊt/

活动的，走动的。

"After my bout with Guillan-Barre Syndrome, it took me 6 months to be up and about again."

在和吉兰-巴雷综合征搏斗之后，我花了六个月的时间才能再次恢复活动，到处走动。

Illustration board

board noun

/bɔːd/ /bɔːɹd/

木板， 板材

"The carpenter used a long board to build the new bookshelf. "

木匠用一块长木板制作了新的书架。

Illustration table

table noun

/ˈteɪbəl/

桌子，台子

"The family ate dinner around the large wooden table. "

一家人围坐在那张大的木头桌子旁吃晚饭。

Illustration rules

rules noun

/ˈɹuːlz/

规定，规则，章程。

"All participants must adhere to the rules."

所有参与者都必须遵守规定。

Illustration daughter

daughter noun

/ˈdɑ.tɚ/ /ˈdɔːtə(ɹ)/ /ˈdɔ.tɚ/

女儿，千金

"I already have a son, so I would like to have a daughter."

我已经有一个儿子了，所以我想再要个女儿。

Illustration piece

piece noun

/piːs/

部分，块。

"I’d like another piece of pie."

我想要再来一块派。

Illustration maria

maria noun

/ˈmɑɹ.i.ə/

月海， 阴暗平原。

"From Earth, we could observe maria, the dark, ancient lava plains on the Moon, with just a pair of binoculars. "

从地球上，我们仅用一副双筒望远镜就能观察到月球上的“月海”，那些阴暗古老的熔岩平原。

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following verb

/ˈfɒləʊɪŋ/ /ˈfɑloʊɪŋ/

跟随，追随

"Follow that car!"

跟着那辆车！

Illustration excessively

excessively adverb

/ɪkˈsɛsɪvli/

过度地，过分地.

"The application form was excessively complicated."

那份申请表过于复杂了。

Illustration scrupulous

scrupulous adjective

/ˈskɹu.pjə.ləs/

一丝不苟，严谨。

"He is scrupulous in his finances."

他在财务方面一丝不苟。

Illustration rolled

rolled verb

/ɹəʊld/ /ɹoʊld/

滚动，辗转。

"To roll a wheel, a ball, or a barrel."

滚动轮子、球或桶。

Illustration exactly

exactly adverb

/ɪɡˈzæk(t)li/

准确地， точно，分毫不差

"He divided the coins exactly in half."

他把硬币正好分成了两半。