てってい

徹底
thoroughness
completeness

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I

てってい【鉄蹄】

a horseshoe.

II

てってい【徹底】

1 〔一貫すること〕 thoroughness; completeness.

～する be consistent.

●徹底して ＝徹底的に ⇒てっていてき

・彼の再選には徹底して反対するつもりだ. I intend to oppose his reelection from first to last [unequivocally].

・彼は徹底してジーパンだね. He's never without his jeans.

・彼女は徹底して肉や魚を食べない. She invariably avoids eating meat or fish.

・徹底した complete; thorough(going); exhaustive; all-out; downright

・徹底した議論 an exhaustive argument

・徹底したばか a downright [an egregious] fool

・徹底した共産主義者 a dyed-in-the-wool communist

・あいつの徹底した頑固さは親譲りだ. His incorrigible obstinacy was inherited from his parents.

・彼の徹底した仕事ぶりはさすが職人である. His meticulous work was that of the true craftsman.

・あの人はやることが徹底している. He does nothing by halves. | He is thorough in everything he does.

・彼の倹約は実に徹底している. His thrift is thoroughgoing.

●厨房の衛生管理の徹底を心がける strive to maintain unqualified standards of kitchen hygiene.

2 〔すみずみまで行き渡ること〕 exhaustiveness; thoroughness.

～する be thorough; be complete; be exhaustive.

●年功序列が徹底している社会 a society in which the seniority system is pervasive

・新しい方針を全社員に徹底させる promulgate a new policy to all employees

・ごみは持ち帰るという方式を登山者たちに徹底させる drum into mountain climbers the practice of taking their trash back with them

・憲法の精神を国民に徹底させる make the spirit of the Constitution fully known to the people

・この考えを全公務員の心に徹底させなければならない. This concept must be imprinted on the minds of all government employees.

・司令官の命令が全軍に徹底していなかった. The commanding officer's order was not enforced among all the troops.

・チャリティー公演である旨が観客に徹底していなかったので混乱を招いた. The fact that it was a charity performance was not known to all in the audience, resulting in some confusion.

・ごみの出し方が変わったことがまだ住民に徹底していない. Not all the residents were aware that the garbage collection procedure had changed.

●虚礼廃止の徹底を図る plan to eliminate meaningless formalities root and branch.

徹底化

●能力主義の徹底化 the total permeation of the merit system.

徹底解明

●汚職疑惑の徹底解明 a thorough elucidation of alleged corruption.

徹底究明

●機密の漏洩経路の徹底究明 a complete inquiry into the leakage of classified information.

徹底検証

●事件の原因の徹底検証 a full investigation into the cause of the incident.

徹底抗戦 do-or-die [all-out] resistance.

徹底追求 unrelenting pursuit.