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词汇 over-fussy
释义 over-fussy
adjective
(alsooverfussy)uk /ˌəʊ.vəˈfʌs.i/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚˈfʌs.i/

over-fussyadjective (NOT EASILY SATISFIED)


not easily satisfied, or having standards about particular things that are higher than is helpful or necessary: 过分挑剔的
They are not overfussy about using authentic Italian ingredients.
It seems unjust that the decisions of over-fussy officials can impact so negatively on our lives.过于挑剔的官员的决定会对我们的生活产生如此负面的影响,这似乎是不公平的。
When my grandmother was young, more than one bath a week was considered over-fussy.
The overfussy referee issued ten cautions in the first half.
She suffered from having an over-fussy mother and an absent father.
He was an over-fussy party host who needed to feel he had control over everything that happened.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Wanting everything to be right
anally
anally retentive
choosy
cover all the basesidiom
dot the i's and cross the t'sidiom
fuss
fussbudget
fussily
fussiness
fusspot
pedant
pedantic
pedantically
pedantry
perfectionism
punctilious
punctiliously
punctiliousness
purism
purist

over-fussyadjective (TOO MANY DETAILS)


having too much decoration, too many parts, or too many small details: 过于繁琐
The over-fussy outfit was covered in colourful bows.
The handful of overfussy arrangements on this album ruin what is otherwise an accomplished first release.这张专辑中少数过分繁琐的编排毁掉了原本是一张挺出色的首发专辑。
It wasn’t over-fussy food; just fresh, wholesome, and home-cooked.
Her living room had the over-fussy decoration beloved of certain elderly women of her generation.
The effect of so many mirrors could become overfussy.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Not attractive to look at
back end
be no oil paintingidiom
be not much to look atidiom
bleakly
bleakness
gopping
gracelessly
have a face like the back end of a busidiom
hideous
hideousness
putridly
reptilian
scrappily
scrappy
stolid
unpretty
unshapely
unsightly
vulgarity
vulgarly

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Complexity
Detailed and careful

over-fussyadjective (baby)


An overfussy baby is more than usually unhappy or difficult to please: 很难哄的
Parents of over-fussy babies will be surprised to discover that their over-attentiveness is making the situation worse.
As a baby, she was overfussy and could never settle without an adult to sing her to sleep.作为婴儿,她特别难哄,如果没有大人唱歌让她入睡,她永远无法安定下来。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Feeling sad and unhappy
a long faceidiom
abjection
angsty
be cut upidiom
be down in the mouthidiom
be in a funkidiom
dismayed
displeased
dissatisfied
distraught
distressed
lachrymose
lonely
lonesome
lovelorn
wistful
wistfully
woe
woe is meidiom
woebegone
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