scrupulous
/ˈskɹuː.pjə.ləs/ 形容词 C2中文： 一丝不苟的、审慎的、有道德原则的
- Exactly and carefully conducted.
- Having scruples or compunctions.
- Precise; exact or strict. · He is scrupulous in his finances.· He is a scrupulous businessman and always acts in the best interest of his company.
- Wrongly feeling guilt or anxiety about one’s morality; suffering from scrupulosity. · Because I have a scrupulous conscience, I sometimes need to be reminded that not everything I do is sinful.
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“You are over scrupulous, surely.
Morrel, and I shall say that he is a man honorable to the last degree, and who has up to this time fulfilled every engagement with scrupulous punctuality.
Nothing had as yet occurred to shake Cocles’ belief; the last month’s payment had been made with the most scrupulous exactitude; Cocles had detected an overbalance of fourteen sous in his cash, and the same evening he had brought them to M.
Oh, I assure you, sir, it was a touching spectacle to see these young creatures, destined by their talents for higher stations, toiling together, and through their unwillingness to change any of the customs of their paternal house, taking six years to accomplish what less scrupulous people would have effected in two or three.
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