词汇 | neatness |
释义 | neatness noun[ U ] uk /ˈniːt.nəs/ us /ˈniːt.nəs/ the quality of being tidy , with everything in its place: 整洁,整齐 When writing your homework, remember that neatness counts.做作业时,记住书写工整很重要。 Clean & tidy (as) clean as a (new) pinidiom apple pie asepsis aseptic be in apple-pie orderidiom clipped neatly non-clogging non-polluting ordered orderliness sprucely squeaky-clean stainless super-clean tidily unwrinkled virginal virginally well kept neatness | American Dictionaryneatness noun[ U ] us/ˈnit·nəs/ the quality of being neat, with everything in its place: the neatness of her house Examples of neatnessneatness Everything, within the house and without, seemed to be the perfection of neatness and order. There is a sort of cohesiveness and interpretative neatness imposed on what might in fact be an otherwise muddled set of audiences and purposes. In the twentieth century these threads come together with the neatness and cohesion of an origin myth. Smiles, in contrast, experienced a "thrill of pleasure" in the "neatness, order, arrangement, grace, and refinement" of a well-regulated household. This narrative is pleasingly unified and coherent, but its very neatness has resulted in a kind of historical myopia regarding the period in question. In this endowment with neatness and purpose an institution is fitted out with the sanctions and trappings of ancient usage. No weeds, "the perfection of neatness and order" - we disbelieve the picture as too good to be true even as we enjoy it. Apart from his daunting energy, his works are characterized by his obsession with neatness and tidiness, his desire to educate and his delight in the things around him. Thirdly, the typology has unrealistic neatness. Instead, the figure was altered at the last moment to £7 rent, which was not only more extensive than £6 rating, but also lacked its neatness of principle. Dobszay's findings will be a useful resource for establishing the provenance of further chant sources, and serve as a corrective to the beguiling neatness of the text-book. I concede that the neatness of the antithesis must have been irresistible, but it is not a true antithesis. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is not about organisational neatness, but about real operational capability. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was delightful in its neatness and simplicity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That would have a certain neatness about it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
随便看 |
反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。