词汇对比与辨析

核心差别

carefulness 强调carefulness 指做事时保持谨慎、细致的态度,meticulous 则侧重形容做事非常仔细、注重细节

使用场景对比

对比方面carefulnessmeticulous
核心含义carefulness 指做事时保持谨慎、细致的态度,避免错误或危险,强调注意力和周全性。形容做事非常仔细、注重细节,追求完美和精确,不放过任何微小之处。
词性名词形容词
使用语域常用于描述人或行为,如 'with carefulness' 表示以小心谨慎的方式,或 'show carefulness' 表示表现出细心。通常用作形容词,修饰名词或作表语,描述人或其行为、工作等非常细致。

对比例句

carefulness

She handled the fragile vase with great carefulness to avoid breaking it.

她非常小心地拿着那个易碎的花瓶,以免打碎。

carefulness

His carefulness in checking the details saved us from a big mistake.

他在检查细节时的细心让我们避免了一个大错误。

meticulous

She is meticulous about keeping her room tidy and organized.

她非常注重保持房间的整洁有序。

meticulous

The chef was meticulous in preparing the ingredients for the dish.

厨师在准备这道菜的食材时非常细致。

常见误用提醒

使用 carefulness:He did it with careful. → He did it with carefulness. (错误:'careful' 是形容词,不能直接用作名词;正确:应使用名词形式 'carefulness' 表示小心的状态或品质。)

使用 carefulness:She shows carefulness to do her homework. → She shows carefulness in doing her homework. (错误:介词使用不当,'to' 通常表示目的;正确:应使用 'in' 来表示在某个方面的细心,如 'in doing her homework'。)

使用 meticulous:He is meticulous to clean his desk. → He is meticulous about cleaning his desk. (错误使用了介词 'to',正确应用 'about' 或 'in' 来表示在某个方面细致。)