methodical

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1 CAREFULa methodical way of doing something is careful and uses an ordered system 〔做事方法〕有条理的，井然的

He always checked every detail in a methodical way.

他总是有条不紊地检查每一个细节。

a methodical approach to answering questions

条理清楚的答题方式

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2 CAREFULa methodical person always does things carefully, using an ordered system 〔人〕做事有条不紊的，办事有条理的

She’s a very methodical person.

她是个办事很有条理的人。

He had a neat, methodical mind.

他的思路清晰有条理。

—methodically /-kli/ adverbadv

He went through the papers methodically, one by one.

他一份接一份有条不紊地审阅这些文件。

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methodical• He was methodical, almost impersonal.• At the other end of the scale there are ambitious research projects undertaken for methodical demonstration purposes.• A methodical fellow, Zubkoff discovered that his problem arose only when he processed his film during the day.• After more than two decades on the national scene, the methodical Gore is a seasoned politician.• Barnes is a conscientious and methodical journalist who would have checked all of the facts before writing the story.• a cautious, methodical killer• Poirot, always deliberate and methodical, made a list of all the possible suspects.• The handwriting throughout appears neat and small and regular, as one might expect from a man of methodical mind.• methodical research• So, too, is his stress on the importance of finding, and following, a methodical route to knowledge.• These activities are most likely to appeal to the more methodical student wishing to follow a clear procedure.• He approached detective fiction as a craft that could be learned through careful, methodical study.

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