painstaking

1. ADJ A painstaking search, examination, or investigation is done extremely carefully and thoroughly. 十分小心的; 極其仔細(xì)的

Forensic experts carried out a painstaking search of the debris. 法醫(yī)專家們對殘骸進(jìn)行了極其仔細(xì)的研究。

2. painstakinglyADV 十分小心地; 極其仔細(xì)地

Broken bones were painstakingly pieced together and reshaped. 斷裂的骨頭被十分小心地拼湊到一起重新成形。