rigour
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++rig·our British English, rigor American English /ˈrɪɡə $ -ər/ noun 1 the rigours of something DIFFICULTthe problems and difficulties of a situation 某事物的严酷[艰苦] all the rigors of a Canadian winter 加拿大冬天的严寒 the stresses and rigours of modern life 现代生活的压力和艰辛2 EXACT[uncountable] great care and thoroughness in making sure that something is correct 严密，缜密，严谨 Their research seems to me to be lacking in rigour. 他们的研究在我看来不够严谨。
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rigour• Regretfully I see in him a nature inclined to harshness and rigour, with little tenderness and forthrightness.• With even greater environmental rigour, harshness itself is a major direct cause of community structure.• The facade of the building at least escaped from rigour.• A lack of rigour in the investigation.• This limits the potential rigour of design because the anchor of skill training is the specification of the objectives.• Ferguson has restored the rigour of self-scrutiny to history.• The difficulty with many bibliometric studies is their lack of theoretical rigour, as Gilbert and Woolgar have pointed out.rig·our nounChineseSyllable
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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.
rig‧our
British English, rigor American English /ˈrɪɡə $ -ər/ noun1. the rigours of something the problems and difficulties of a situation:
2. [uncountable] great care and thoroughness in making sure that something is correct:
especially