rigor

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++rig·or /ˈrɪɡə $ -ər/ noun  x-refthe American spelling of rigour rigour的美式拼法

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rigor• It lacks intellectual content and academic rigor.• I believe in discovery and rigor and quantitative correctness and sophisticated analysis.• Anyway, rigor is in the very early stages.• I learn the importance of neatness, order, discipline, rigor, practice, and routine in learning.• The body was still warm and there were no signs of rigor.• Nor do we know anything about the quality or rigor of these experiences.• It would take nearly a book in itself to explain the scope, rigor, and stress of those tests.• Sometimes I think we confuse rigidity with rigor.Origin rigor (1300-1400) Old French Latin, from rigere; → RIGID

rig·or nounChineseSyllable  

the American rigour of Corpus spelling

rigor

I

rig‧or /ˈrɪɡə $ -ər/ nounthe American spelling of rigour

II

rig‧our British English, rigor American English /ˈrɪɡə $ -ər/ noun
1. the rigours of something the problems and difficulties of a situation:
    all the rigors of a Canadian winter
    the stresses and rigours of modern life
2. [uncountable] great care and thoroughness in making sure that something is correct:
    Their research seems to me to be lacking in rigour.