meticulous

• adj.綿密な、慎重な、形式的な

ラテン語のmetus（恐怖、恐れ、不安）から。ひいては、慎重な、注意深い。

meticulous (adj.)

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.

1. The painting had been executed with meticulous attention to detail.

この絵を描くとき、画家は非常に細部に注意しています。

2.He has been a meticulous manager，a manager par excellence.

彼は非常に注意深いマネージャーで、抜群のマネージャーです。

3.Kemp knew him for a meticulous officer.

ケンプは彼が非常に注意深い役人だと思っている。

4.We 'll have to handle the matter with meticulous care.

このことは少しもあいまいではありません。

5.She is meticulous in her presentation of facts.

彼女は事実を詳しく紹介した。