painstaking

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

Forensic experts carried out a painstaking search of the debris. 法毉專家們對殘骸進行了極其仔細的研究。

2. painstakinglyADV 十分小心地; 極其仔細地

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。