名词 (n.) 一丝不苟；审慎；极度认真细致的态度或品质。指一个人在道德、工作或行为上严格要求自己，注重每一个细节，不愿有任何疏忽或不当之处。
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Her scrupulousness in checking every detail saved the company from a costly mistake.
她对每个细节一丝不苟的检查使公司避免了一次代价高昂的失误。
The historian was known for his scrupulousness in verifying sources, often spending months tracing a single reference back to its origin before including it in his work.
这位历史学家以核实资料时的极度审慎著称，常常花数月时间追溯某一引用的出处，才将其纳入自己的著作中。
该词源自拉丁语 scrupulus，原意为"小石子"，比喻像鞋中小石子般令人不安的细微顾虑。后来演变为 scrupulous（形容词，意为"一丝不苟的、有道德顾虑的"），加上名词后缀 -ness 构成 scrupulousness，表示一种在道德或行为上极度谨慎、注重细节的品质。这个词生动地保留了"被微小事物所困扰"的原始意象一个有 scrupulousness 的人，连最细小的不当之处也不愿放过。
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