thoroughgoing

1. ADJ You use thoroughgoing to emphasize that someone or something is fully or completely the type of person or thing specified. 完全的; 十足的[usu ADJ n] [強調(diào)]

...a thoroughgoing conservative. ...一個不折不釦的保守派。

...readers who are unhappy with such thoroughgoing materialism. ...對這種十足的物質(zhì)主義不滿的讀者。

2. ADJ If you describe a piece of work as thoroughgoing, you approve of it because it has been carefully and thoroughly put together. 仔細(xì)的; 徹底的[usu ADJ n] [表贊許]

...a thoroughgoing review of prison conditions. ...對監(jiān)獄環(huán)境的一次徹底檢查。