meticulous

Compared meaning: hard to please, demanding about details (adjective).

比较义项：挑剔、注重细节、难以满足（形容词）。

• particular

  Describes someone with specific standards about a certain thing and not easily satisfied; the tone is fairly mild and can sound almost polite, often in the pattern 'particular about'.

  形容某人对某件事有具体的标准、不容易满足；语气比较温和，甚至略显客气，常见搭配是“particular about”（对……很讲究）。

  He's particular about which brand of coffee he drinks each morning.

  他对每天早上喝哪个牌子的咖啡很讲究。

• meticulous 本词

  Focuses on extreme care and precision in doing a task well, not on being hard to please; it is usually a compliment describing thoroughness and attention to detail.

  强调做事极其认真、精确，注重每一个细节，而不是难以取悦；通常是一种称赞，形容人做事周全、一丝不苟。

  She was meticulous about labeling every folder before the audit.

  在审计之前，她一丝不苟地给每个文件夹都贴好了标签。

• fussy

  The strongest and most negative term, describing someone who complains about or resists small, often trivial things, especially food or routines; common with children.

  语气最强、最偏贬义，形容某人对细枝末节的小事挑三拣四、难以满足，尤其常用于描述孩子对食物或日常事务的挑剔。

  The toddler was fussy about eating anything green on his plate.

  那个小孩对吃盘子里任何绿色的东西都很挑剔。

Particular, meticulous, and fussy can all describe someone hard to satisfy. Meticulous is usually positive, praising careful, thorough work. Particular is fairly mild, meaning having specific standards. Fussy is the strongest and most negative, describing complaints over small, trivial things, especially with children and food.

这三个词都可以形容一个人对事情要求高、注重细节，但语气和感情色彩不同：meticulous多为褒义，强调做事细致周全；particular语气中性偏委婉，指有具体标准、不易满足；fussy语气最强、偏贬义，指为琐事挑剔、难伺候。这里不比较particular表示“某一个特定的”（如this particular book）以及fussy表示“过于繁复精细”（如设计上的fussy）等其他义项。