| 单词 | to the last detail |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto the last detail f. to the last detail: in or to the most minute aspect; used (usually admiringly) to describe a method of presentation, planning, or execution which takes into account every particular, no matter how small or insignificant. Π 1731 T. Stackhouse Refl. on Nature & Prop. of Langs. xxii. 180 The Ancients..are very exact in the harmonious Part of Eloquence; they descend to the last Detail, counting the very Feet and Syllables. 1884 Trans. Dumfries & Galloway Nat. Hist. & Antiquarian Soc. 1880–83 78 They are dressed to the last detail in the heavy finery of the court of Queen Anne. 1922 Lincoln (Nebraska) State Jrnl. 30 Apr. 5/3 (advt.) It is precision-built to the last detail. 1987 P. Wright & P. Greengrass Spycatcher vi. 54 Winterborn was a Field Marshal manqué. His operations were always beautifully planned right down to the last detail. 2009 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 22 Oct. 10/1 The impeccably produced volumes, a triumph of imaginative modern publishing down to the last detail, resurrect..an undeservedly neglected masterpiece. < as lemmas |
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