Ksenia
What does 'the highly conscientious" mean in the quote stated below? Thank you :) Her eyes were fixed on mine with a mournfully speculative expression more common in bloodhounds, but not reassuring even there. My words did little to disperse that random suspicion which makes the highly conscientious so wearing. As she emerged to glance into the backs of the lorries and verify my statements, I hoped for her sake that she would not chance to encounter a party of whom her suspicions were justified. P.S. It's the quote from The Day of Triffids by John Wyndham.
2017년 5월 16일 오후 7:47
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Oh, that's a great book. I didn't realize the English in it was so difficult. "Conscientious" means "always careful and thorough, does a job with attention to every detail." "The highly conscientious" means "all the people in the world who are high conscientious." Her job is to inspect the truck. Because she is conscientious she has "random suspicion" that the people in the truck are trying to sneak something in. The narrator says that all highly conscientious people show "random suspicion." They are suspicious even of perfectly innocent people. Innocent people find it "wearing," tiring, annoying, frustrating to have to justify themselves to "the highly conscientious."
2017년 5월 17일
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Conscientious means to do something very well or thoroughly. Attention to detail. "Which makes the highly conscientious..." means "which makes those who are sensitive and attentive enough to notice (it)..."
2017년 5월 16일
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the term highly conscientious means that someone pays good attention to detail and does EXACTLY what they should do. The sentence as a whole is saying that this trait is 'wearing' or tiresome.
2017년 5월 16일
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