stickler

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stick·ler /ˈstɪklə $ -ər/ noun

be a stickler for detail/rules/accuracy etc STRICTto think that rules etc are very important and that other people should think so too 非常注重细节/规则/准确性等

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be a stickler for detail/rules/accuracy etc• With his personal guests who were important to him or his state, Kim was a stickler for detail.

Examples from the Corpus

stickler• Charman, a stickler for musical purity, did not relish the idea.• Montgomery is a stickler for defense, and Moseley caught on quickly.• The loosest woman is a stickler for etiquette and elocution.• You just have to have much better vision and not be such a stickler for detail to see ours.• With his personal guests who were important to him or his state, Kim was a stickler for detail.• A stickler for realism, he was frustrated by an obstinacy in his models as strong as his own.• Being sticklers for legal tradition, they plan to anyway, of course.• The chancellor is clearly no stickler for fiscal purity.

Origin stickler

(1500-1600) stickle “to argue about small points” ((16-20 centuries)), from stightle “to put in order” ((13-15 centuries)), from Old English stihtan

stick·ler noun

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BNC: 33137 COCA: 23484

stickler

People who complain a lot or are difficult to please: ingrate, perfectionist, purist...

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