thoroughgoing /ˈθʌrəˌɡəʊɪŋ/

• 1. 

  ADJ You use thoroughgoing to emphasize that someone or something is fully or completely the type of person or thing specified. 完全的; 十足的 [usu ADJ n] [强调]

  例：

  ...a thoroughgoing conservative.

  ...一个不折不扣的保守派。

  例：

  ...readers who are unhappy with such thoroughgoing materialism.

  ...对这种十足的物质主义不满的读者。

• 2. 

  ADJ If you describe a piece of work as thoroughgoing, you approve of it because it has been carefully and thoroughly put together. 仔细的; 彻底的 [usu ADJ n] [表赞许]

  例：

  ...a thoroughgoing review of prison conditions.

  ...对监狱环境的一次彻底检查。