painstaking ['peɪnzˌteɪ.kɪŋ] adjective ■extremely careful and correct, and using a lot of effort 认真仔细的,精心的,费尽心思的•It took months of painstaking research to write the book.这本书是经过好几个月的苦心研究才写出来的。 •He was described by his colleagues as a painstaking journalist.同事都把他描述成一名认真而严谨的记者。 |