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单词 perfectionism
释义
perfectionistper‧fec‧tion‧ist /pəˈfekʃənɪst $ pər-/ noun [countable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Hoffman is known to be a perfectionist who is often hard on directors.
  • Mart Kenney was a perfectionist, and his high standards were an example to everyone else.
  • She worked carefully on her drawing, with all the attention to detail of the perfectionist.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Agnes Miller, the Housekeeper, is a perfectionist, and the linen, furnishings and carpets are always immaculately clean.
  • An ambitious perfectionist, he practiced each new spectacle until he could perform it with his eyes closed.
  • At the same time, she remained a perfectionist, equally determined to present a flawless facade.
  • Fernand Braudel the perfectionist was still working on the book when he died.
  • Hoffman is known to be a perfectionist who is often hard on directors.
  • In other words, one alternative to anti-perfectionism is restrictions on the choice of means through which perfectionist ideals are pursued.
  • The perfectionist is an anxious person, always afraid of what may go wrong.
  • These people are perfectionists, ambitious, hard-working and extremely neat and tidy.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto make something perfect
· The only way to perfect your accent is to go and live in France.· James was out on the ski slope, trying to perfect his short turns.· This technique was perfected by the Ancient Egyptians.perfect the art/technique of (doing) something · After eighteen years of marriage to Gemma, Ronald had perfected the art of keeping the peace.
written to make something perfect over a long period of time, especially when this takes a lot of care, practice, or skill: · Keeping the wine in a cool place for five years will bring it to perfection.· It requires considerable practise to bring the skill of weaving to perfection.
someone who is not satisfied with anything unless it is completely perfect: · Mart Kenney was a perfectionist, and his high standards were an example to everyone else.· She worked carefully on her drawing, with all the attention to detail of the perfectionist.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounperfectionimperfectionperfectionistperfectionismperfectibilityadjectiveperfectimperfectperfectibleperfectionistverbperfectadverbperfectlyimperfectly
someone who is not satisfied with anything unless it is completely perfect:  Many top athletes are perfectionists who drive themselves to excel.perfectionist adjectiveperfectionism noun [uncountable]
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