概要
詞彙
1. careful
Def.: giving a lot of attention to what you are doing so that you do not have an accident, make a mistake, or damage something.
辭意：仔細的；小心的；認真的
例句／片語：
(1). Be careful with the glasses.
【小心玻璃杯。】
(2). Be careful where you put that hot pan.
【要注意把熱鍋放在合適的地方。】
(3). Be careful to look both ways when you cross the road.
【過馬路時要注意向兩邊看。】
(4). Michael is a very careful worker.
【邁克爾工作起來很細心。】
(5). After careful consideration of your proposal, I regret to say that we are unable to accept it.
【仔細考慮了你的建議後，我很遺憾地告訴你我們不能接受。】
(6). He's in a really foul temper so be careful (about/of) what you say to him.
【他心情很糟，所以跟他說話要當心。】
2. meticulous
(approving)
Def.: very careful and with great attention to every detail
辭意：嚴謹的，一絲不苟的；非常注意細節的
細緻差異：常見配搭 "with meticulous thoroughness"
例句／片語：
(1). Many hours of meticulous preparation have gone into writing the book.
【為寫此書，投入了大量時間細心做前期準備。】
(2). In the minute books of their meetings they recorded their ' witness ' with meticulous thoroughness.
【會議記錄簿中，他們詳實記錄下「親眼所見，」縝密周詳。】
(2*) thoroughness
【thorough (adj) 通盤的、周詳的】
(3). In any case, once the reader has internalized the system of documentation, the notes will be found to be meticulous, concise and accurate.
【無論如何，一旦讀者內化這套引用文獻的格式／系統，註解將會呈現得縝密、簡練，以及精準。】
(4). The scholarship demonstrated in this book is thorough and meticulous.
【本著作所展現的學術研究周詳且縝密】
3. thorough (careful)
Def.: detailed and careful
辭意：仔細的
細緻差異：與meticulous 經常連袂出行。
例句／片語：
(1). a thorough revision of the manuscript
【對手稿的仔細修改】
(2). They did a thorough search of the area but found nothing.
【他們仔細搜索了該地區，但一無所獲。】
(3). What makes the work scientific is the care taken to avoid error, to be thorough and exhaustive, and to check and recheck all findings.
【科學、系統化的研究工作著重細心、避免錯誤；周全詳實；以及，確認、反覆確認所有研究成果。】
4. punctilious
Def.: very careful to behave correctly or to give attention to details
辭意：一絲不苟的；循規蹈矩的
細緻差異：著重在「行為」(careful to behave)
例句／片語：
(1). He was always punctilious in his manners.
【他的舉止總是循規蹈矩。】
(2). I am sure that they were punctilious in their observance of the codes of conduct.
【我確信，他們循規蹈矩，恪遵行為準則。】
