| 单词 | conscientious |
| 释义 | conscientious (once / 596 pages) adj If someone is conscientious, that person strives to do what's right and to carry out his duties. Conscientious people show care and put in a big effort. Being conscientious has to do with being careful, thoughtful, and decent. A conscientious doctor will do everything possible to help a patient. A conscientious teacher will spend extra time with students, just to make sure they're learning. A boss wishes every worker could be conscientious: it's a rare and wonderful trait. To be conscientious, you have to be willing to do the right thing even when it's difficult. Unfortunately, many people aren't conscientious. WORD FAMILYconscientious: conscientiously, conscientiousness, unconscientious+/conscience: conscienceless, consciences, conscientious, conscionable/conscienceless: consciencelessly/conscionable: conscionably, unconscionable/unconscientious: unconscientiously, unconscientiousness/unconscionable: unconscionably USAGE EXAMPLESA school that used practice robots was at the cutting edge of conscientious football, but Harriott wasn’t about to deny the brutality. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) I want to push back on that: I’m a conscientious elector or faithful elector. The Guardian(Dec 19, 2016) In one of hip-hop’s most populist periods, he is a divider — a loyalist to out-of-fashion values and a conscientious objector to dominant trends. New York Times(Dec 14, 2016) 1adj characterized by extreme care and great effort conscientious application to the work at hand Syn painstaking, scrupulous careful exercising caution or showing care or attention 2adj guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice Ant unconscientious not conscientious; conscienceless, unconscionablelacking a conscience |
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