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anally retentive adjective informaluk /ˌeɪ.nəl.i rɪˈten.tɪv/ us /ˌeɪ.nəl.i rɪˈten.t̬ɪv/(alsoanal-retentive) Someone who is anally retentive is too worried about being organized and tidy: 整洁成癖的;过分注重细节的 Don't you think Adrian's a bit anally retentive? Look how obsessively orderly everything is in his garage.你不觉得阿德里安有点洁癖吗?你看看他车库里的东西全都摆放得那么整齐,太过头了。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Wanting everything to be right anally choosy cover all the basesidiom dot the i's and cross the t'sidiom faddily fussbudget fussily fussiness fusspot fussy pedant pedantic pedantically pedantry perfectionism punctilious punctiliously punctiliousness purism purist |