Thorough
['θʌrə] or ['θɜro]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) painstakingly careful and accurate; 'our accountant is thorough'; 'thorough research' .
杰里手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(prep.) Through.
(a.) Passing through; as, thorough lights in a house.
(a.) Passing through or to the end; hence, complete; perfect; as, a thorough reformation; thorough work; a thorough translator; a thorough poet.
(adv.) Thoroughly.
(adv.) Through.
(n.) A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
錄入:洛伦佐
同義詞及近義詞:
a. Complete, entire, total, perfect, full.
校對:拉弗尔斯
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Entire, complete, thoroughgoing, powerful, drastic, perfect,[SeeCONSIDER_and_REFLECT]
戴维斯整理
解釋/意思:
adj. passing through or to the end: complete: entire.—prep. (obs.) through.—n. that which goes through a passage: the blind and obstinately tyrannical policy of Strafford and Laud in administering civil and ecclesiastical affairs without regard to opposite convictions.—n. Thor′ough-bass (mus.) a bass part all through a piece with figures placed over the notes to indicate the harmony to be played to each.—adj. Thor′oughbred thoroughly or completely bred: bred from a dam and sire of the best blood as a horse and having the qualities supposed to depend thereon.—n. an animal esp. a horse of pure blood—of race-horses one all of whose ancestors for seven generations (five in America) are recorded in the stud-book.—n. Thor′oughfare a fare or passage for going through: a public way or street: right of passing through.—adj. Thor′oughgō′ing going through or to the end: going all lengths: complete.—adv. Thor′oughly.—n. Thor′oughness.—adj. Thor′ough-paced thoroughly or perfectly paced or trained: complete.
手打:波莉
例句/造句/用法:
- George remained four years at a French university, and, applying himself with an unintermitted zeal, obtained a very thorough education. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- A thorough, determined dislike of me--a dislike which I cannot but attribute in some measure to jealousy. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Then she is no rule for Mrs. Churchill, who is as thorough a fine lady as any body ever beheld. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- He gave his throat a thorough rake round, as if it were the duty of every person not to be mistaken through thickness of voice. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- After the parts are put together a thorough forging follows, either by use of hammer or press, the latter being now used in preference. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- You remember that we are going to dine at papa's, said Rosamond, wishing that he should turn and make a more thorough concession to her. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- But Nicholas was neither an habitual drunkard nor a thorough infidel. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- They had been far more thorough and more resourceful than those Europeans who had for some time experimented with aviation. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Though it's astonishing how much those thorough-bred creatures can do and suffer. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- The resemblance of their appearance deceives the mind, as is usual, and makes us imagine a thorough resemblance and conformity. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Mr. Reid also notes as a very thorough test of the perfect practicability of the system, that it handled the President's message, December 3, 1876, of 12,600 words with complete success. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- A much more thorough and satisfactory result in the production of a pure malleable iron is thus obtained than is possible by hand puddling. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- This latter deserves special mention, not only because of its arrangement for thorough lubrication, but also on account of the resultant economy affecting the cost of manufacture. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- But socialism has never gone on to a thorough examination of that proviso for efficient administration. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Red acid stains are destroyed by ammonia, followed by thorough washing with water. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Frazer still await a thorough critical examination, and to his works the reader must go for the indefatigable expansion of this idea. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- On an adjacent island lived a kind of semi-pirate called Alcibiades, who was, and is, a thorough blackguard. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- It is not many drawings, but the character of one which makes a thorough draughtsman. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Nothing but a thorough change of sentiment could account for it. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- Why don't he, in such a case, sell his horses, let his house, turn off his servants, and make a thorough reform at once? 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- I believe him to be a thorough rascal. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Trained men, some of them veterinarians, in the employ of the government, make a thorough inspection of the glands and other organs of the hog. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- It always agrees with me to be doing my duty; and in this case my duty is a thorough pleasure. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Stubbs is the soul of punctuality, honesty, and efficiency,--a thorough business hand, and as humane as the general run. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I know what thorough justice you will do it, and have scarcely a doubt of its happy effect. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- She leant back to obtain more thorough rest, and the soft eastern portion of the sky was as great a relief to her eyes as the thyme was to her head. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- We have just heard a full account of him from his birth; and he has been a thorough-paced little villain, all his life. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- The landlord, though a gentleman of a haughty spirit who had just driven a pair of thorough-bred horses into town, turned out to show him up-stairs. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- He knows I have a thorough regard for him and all his family, and, I believe, considers me as one of his best friends. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- The present method of dredging is of the hit or miss character, while the submarine method is capable of thorough work. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
手打:波莉