neatness 是一个名词,意为"整洁;整齐;利落",指事物井然有序、干净利落的状态或品质。
/ˈniːt.nəs/
She is known for the neatness of her handwriting.
她以书写整洁而闻名。
The neatness with which he organized the entire filing system impressed everyone in the office and earned him a promotion.
他整理整个档案系统时表现出的井然有序令办公室所有人印象深刻,并因此获得了晋升。
neatness 由形容词 neat 加后缀 -ness 构成。neat 源自拉丁语 nitidus,意为"闪亮的、光洁的",经由古法语 net(干净的)进入英语。最初含有"光亮、纯净"之意,后来逐渐演变为"整洁、有序"的含义。后缀 -ness 是英语中常见的名词后缀,表示某种状态或性质。