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punctilious
Very careful about the details of codes or conventions.
🌱A proofreader has to be punctilious about spelling and punctuation. 🌳A *punctilio* is a small point—a minor rule, or a little detail of conduct in a ceremony. A person who pays close attention to such minor details is punctilious. *Punctiliousness* can be valuable, especially for certain kinds of tasks, as long as you don't become so concerned about small points that you fail to pay attention to the large ones. punctual Being on time; prompt.
🌱The company had become much more punctual under the new president, and every meeting started precisely on time. 🌳The original meaning of *punctual* described a *puncture* made by a surgeon. The word has meant lots of other things through the centuries, usually involving being precise about small points. And today *punctuality* is all about time; a punctual train or a punctual payment or a punctual person shows up "on the dot." compunction 1、 Anxiety caused by guilt.
2、 A slight misgiving.
🌱Speeding is something many people seem to do without compunction, their only concern being whether they'll get caught. 🌳*Compunction* is most often used in describing people who don't feel it—that is, who aren't "stung" or "pricked" by conscience. Ruthless businessmen steal clients and contracts from other businessmen without compunction, and hardened criminals have no compunctions about armed robbery and worse. Notice how compunction can be used in a noncountable way, like *guilt* （"He killed without compunction"）, or in the plural, like *qualm* （"She had no compunctions about lying"）. But words like *guilt, qualm, regret, remorse, doubt*, and *unease*, unlike *compunction*, are often used when talking about people who actually suffer from them. acupuncture A method of relieving pain or curing illness by inserting fine needles through the skin at specific points.
🌱As a last resort he agreed to try acupuncture treatment with Dr. Lu, and his pain vanished like magic. 🌳In Latin, *acus* means "needle," and the English word *acupuncture* was coined way back in the 17th century to describe a technique the Chinese had already been using for 2,000 years. An *acupuncturist* may insert many extremely fine needles at a time; the treatment is usually uncomfortable but not truly painful. In China today, even major surgery is often carried out using only acupuncture to kill the pain; it's also used for many other conditions, including insomnia, depression, smoking, and overweight. Acupuncture is based on ancient theories of bodily energy that few Western doctors have ever accepted; but even though attempts to explain its effects by Western science have been unsuccessful, it's now widely recognized by doctors as effective for pain reduction.
🌱A proofreader has to be punctilious about spelling and punctuation. 🌳A *punctilio* is a small point—a minor rule, or a little detail of conduct in a ceremony. A person who pays close attention to such minor details is punctilious. *Punctiliousness* can be valuable, especially for certain kinds of tasks, as long as you don't become so concerned about small points that you fail to pay attention to the large ones. punctual Being on time; prompt.
🌱The company had become much more punctual under the new president, and every meeting started precisely on time. 🌳The original meaning of *punctual* described a *puncture* made by a surgeon. The word has meant lots of other things through the centuries, usually involving being precise about small points. And today *punctuality* is all about time; a punctual train or a punctual payment or a punctual person shows up "on the dot." compunction 1、 Anxiety caused by guilt.
2、 A slight misgiving.
🌱Speeding is something many people seem to do without compunction, their only concern being whether they'll get caught. 🌳*Compunction* is most often used in describing people who don't feel it—that is, who aren't "stung" or "pricked" by conscience. Ruthless businessmen steal clients and contracts from other businessmen without compunction, and hardened criminals have no compunctions about armed robbery and worse. Notice how compunction can be used in a noncountable way, like *guilt* （"He killed without compunction"）, or in the plural, like *qualm* （"She had no compunctions about lying"）. But words like *guilt, qualm, regret, remorse, doubt*, and *unease*, unlike *compunction*, are often used when talking about people who actually suffer from them. acupuncture A method of relieving pain or curing illness by inserting fine needles through the skin at specific points.
🌱As a last resort he agreed to try acupuncture treatment with Dr. Lu, and his pain vanished like magic. 🌳In Latin, *acus* means "needle," and the English word *acupuncture* was coined way back in the 17th century to describe a technique the Chinese had already been using for 2,000 years. An *acupuncturist* may insert many extremely fine needles at a time; the treatment is usually uncomfortable but not truly painful. In China today, even major surgery is often carried out using only acupuncture to kill the pain; it's also used for many other conditions, including insomnia, depression, smoking, and overweight. Acupuncture is based on ancient theories of bodily energy that few Western doctors have ever accepted; but even though attempts to explain its effects by Western science have been unsuccessful, it's now widely recognized by doctors as effective for pain reduction.
PUNC comes from the Latin noun punctum, meaning "point." A period is a form of punctuation that's literally a point, and a punctured tire has been pricked by a sharp point.🌸