perfectionist
/pəˈfekʃənɪst/ (bre, ipa) · /pərˈfekʃənɪst/ (ame, ipa)
perfectionist — 名詞
1. someone who cannot accept work, results, or behaviour that is less than flawless
完美主義者
凡事要求完美無瑕的人
someone who cannot accept work, results, or behaviour that is less than flawless, and who keeps trying to meet an extremely high personal standard of quality.
Jisoo is such a perfectionist that she rewrote her entire essay three times before handing it in.
Jisoo 是個不折不扣的完美主義者，她整篇論文重寫了三遍才交出去。
such a perfectionist + that-clause for result
The bakery's owner, a known perfectionist, inspects every cake before it goes on display.
那間蛋糕店的老闆是出了名的完美主義者，每個蛋糕上架前他都會仔細檢查。
collocation: known perfectionist
Being a perfectionist can make teamwork hard when your standards are much higher than others'.
當一個完美主義者在團隊合作中有時候很困難，因為你的標準比別人高出太多。
Élise's reputation as a perfectionist means that her boss trusts her to catch every error in the report.
Élise 以完美主義者聞名，她的老闆相信她能找出報告中的每一個錯誤。
A perfectionist may spend hours fixing tiny mistakes that nobody else would even notice.
完美主義者可能會花好幾個小時修正那些別人根本不會注意到的小錯誤。
- stickler
stresses strict insistence on rules or standards, often in a specific area such as punctuality or grammar
- purist
applies to someone who insists on the correct, traditional, or most authentic way of doing something
- fussbudget
informal and mildly negative; describes someone who worries excessively about small details
- slacker
informal; describes someone who avoids effort or responsibility, the opposite of the perfectionist's drive
- procrastinator
someone who delays tasks; perfectionists are sometimes procrastinators too, but the two traits are distinct
用法筆記
Often appears with modifiers such as 'known', 'self-confessed', or 'born', and in the pattern 'such a perfectionist (that)...'. Whether the word is a compliment or a mild criticism depends on the speaker's attitude. The related noun 'perfectionism' refers to the trait itself, not to the person.