He swiftly lost the fastidiousness which had characterized his old life.

讲究吃喝的派头, 他们很快改掉了, 这本是他往日生活的特色。

Mrs Linton eyed him with a droll expression--half angry, half laughing at his fastidiousness.

林惇夫人带着一种诙谐的表情瞅着他——对于他的苛求是又好气又好笑。

Then for an hour, and with extreme fastidiousness, the scorpion ate its victim.

一个小时后， 蝎子极其挑剔地吃掉了它的猎物。

Then I found you, Elfride, and I felt for the first time that my fastidiousness was a blessing.

然后我找到了你， Elfride， 我第一次觉得我的挑剔是一种祝福。

She told herself that his fastidiousness shrank from any but a " light touch, " and that hers had not been light enough.

她告诉自己，他的挑剔只会从“轻轻一碰”退缩，而她的挑剔还不够轻。

Perceiving that a certain fastidiousness would restrain her, he had grown lax in preserving the completeness of her love—which, after all, was the keystone of the entire structure.

意识到某种挑剔会束缚她，他在保持她的爱的完整性方面变得松懈了——毕竟，这是整个结构的基石。