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P0015100 (pānz′tā′kĭng, pān′stā′kĭng)adj.1. Acting with, showing, or involving great care and attention. See Synonyms at meticulous.2. Usage Problem Attended by difficulties; arduous.

pains′tak′ing·ly adv.Usage Note: Painstaking is a compound of pains and taking, though it often sounds as if it were made from pain and staking. A painstaking effort is one in which someone takes pains to do something right. The word is sometimes used to mean "arduous" or "difficult," almost as if it meant "painful," but this usage is widely considered to be a mistake. In our 2008 survey, 74 percent of the Usage Panel rejected the sentence Traveling by bus through such a huge country was a painstaking ordeal.

painstaking

(ˈpeɪnzˌteɪkɪŋ) adjextremely careful, esp as to fine detail: painstaking research. ˈpainsˌtakingly adv ˈpainsˌtakingness n

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(ˈpeɪnzˌteɪ kɪŋ, ˈpeɪnˌsteɪ-)

adj. 1. taking or characterized by taking pains; expending or showing diligent care and effort; careful: a painstaking craftsman; painstaking research. n. 2. careful and diligent effort. [1550–60] pains′tak`ing•ly, adv. pains′tak`ing•ness, n. syn: painstaking, meticulous, conscientious mean extremely careful or precise about details. painstaking stresses laborious effort and diligent attention to detail in achieving a desired objective: the painstaking editing of a manuscript. meticulous suggests a more extreme attention to minute details: to be meticulous about matching shoes and clothing. conscientious stresses scrupulous effort to obey one's sense of moral obligation to perform tasks well: a conscientious description of the facts.

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painstaking - characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"conscientious, scrupulouscareful - exercising caution or showing care or attention; "they were careful when crossing the busy street"; "be careful to keep her shoes clean"; "did very careful research"; "careful art restorers"; "careful of the rights of others"; "careful about one's behavior"

painstaking

adjective thorough, careful, meticulous, earnest, exacting, strenuous, conscientious, persevering, diligent, scrupulous, industrious, assiduous, thoroughgoing, punctilious, sedulous Police carried out a painstaking search of the area.
lazy, careless, negligent, haphazard, thoughtless, slapdash, heedless, slipshod, half-hearted

painstaking

adjectiveShowing or marked by attentiveness to all aspects or details:careful, fastidious, meticulous, punctilious, scrupulous.nounAttentiveness to detail:care, carefulness, fastidiousness, meticulousness, pain (used in plural), punctiliousness, scrupulousness, thoroughness.

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(pein) noun hurt or suffering of the body or mind. a pain in the chest.疼痛 verb to cause suffering or upset to (someone). It pained her to admit that she was wrong.使痛苦pained adjective showing or expressing pain. a pained expression.痛苦的ˈpainful adjective causing pain. a painful injury.使痛苦的ˈpainfully adverb痛苦地ˈpainless adjective without pain. painless childbirth.无痛苦的ˈpainlessly adverb无痛苦地ˈpainkiller noun a drug etc which lessens or removes pain. 止疼药ˈpainstaking (ˈpeinz-) adjective going to great trouble and taking great care. a painstaking student. 辛勤的，勤勉的 a pain in the neck a person who is constantly annoying. People who are always complaining are a pain in the neck.使人讨厌的家伙take pains to take great trouble and care (to do something). He took great pains to make sure we enjoyed ourselves. 尽力，煞费苦心

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adj showing or marked by attentiveness to all aspects or details

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noun attentiveness to detail

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adj characterized by extreme care and great effort

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