painstaking

1. ADJ A painstaking search, examination, or investigation is done extremely carefully and thoroughly. 十分小心的; 极其仔细的

Forensic experts carried out a painstaking search of the debris. 法医专家们对残骸进行了极其仔细的研究。

2. painstakinglyADV 十分小心地; 极其仔细地

Broken bones were painstakingly pieced together and reshaped. 断裂的骨头被十分小心地拼凑到一起重新成形。