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thoroughgoing

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++thor·ough·go·ing /ˌθʌrəˈɡəʊɪŋ◂ $ -ˈɡoʊ-/ adjective formal  1 CAREFULvery thorough and careful 彻底的;仔细的 a thoroughgoing analysis of the data 对数据的仔细分析2 [only before noun]COMPLETE a thoroughgoing action or quality is complete 完全的,十足的 The programme has been a thoroughgoing success. 这个方案十分成功。
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thoroughgoingThe sociologist Scheff is probably the social scientist who has attempted the most thoroughgoing analysis of catharsis in social life.But they minimize the difference in so far as they propound a thoroughgoing assimilation of male and female desires.A thoroughgoing deconstructive analysis would show culture being absorbed into literature, or at least into textuality and verbal play.a thoroughgoing investigation of the caseSuch critical perspectives suggest we are in the midst of a thoroughgoing overhaul of traditional ideas about artistic value and meaning.There is no evidence that they were thoroughgoing pacifists.A thoroughgoing royalist, he was responsible for beheading some of those he captured, apparently after some form of trial.For Buckle, this laid the foundations for a thoroughgoing science of history, and others shared his belief.The tutoring program is a thoroughgoing success.Then, too, right beside the moralizing lay a deep and thoroughgoing tolerance.
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thoroughgoing
thoroughgoing /ˌθʌrəˈɡəʊɪŋ◂ $ -ˈɡoʊ-/ adjective formal
1. very thorough and careful:
    a thoroughgoing analysis of the data
2. [only before noun] a thoroughgoing action or quality is complete:
    The programme has been a thoroughgoing success.


thor·ough·goingBrE /ˌθʌrəˈɡəʊɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˌθɜːroʊˈɡoʊɪŋ/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] very thorough; looking at every detail 彻底的;仔细的a thoroughgoing revision of the text对文本认真仔细的校订complete 完全的;全面的;彻底的a thoroughgoing commitment to change对变革的全面承诺