中文词源
stickler 非常看重某品质或行为的人
可能来自 stick,坚持，停留，-le,表反复或强调，-er,人。
英语词源
- stickler (n.)
- 1530s, "moderator, umpire," agent noun from stickle "mediate" (1520s), probably a frequentative of Middle English stighten "to arrange, place," from Old English stihtan "to rule, direct, arrange, order," which is cognate with Middle Dutch stichten, German stiften "to found, establish," probably from Proto-Germanic *stihtan "to place on a step or base," from PIE root *steigh- "to stride, step, rise" (see stair). Meaning "person who contends or insists stubbornly" is first recorded 1640s.
权威例句
- 1. I'm a bit of a stickler for accuracy.
- 我总是要求精确。
- 2. a stickler for punctuality
- 非常注重守时的人
- 3. She's a real stickler for etiquette, so you'd better ask her advice.
- 她非常讲求礼节, 所以你最好问她的意见.
- 4. You will find Mrs. Carboy a stickler about trifles.
- 您会发现卡博太太是个拘泥小节的人.
- 5. People find her a stickler about trifles.
- 人们发现她是个拘泥的人.