The research team conducted an exhaustive review of all published studies on coral reef recovery before designing their own experiment.
研究团队在设计自己的实验之前，对已发表的关于珊瑚礁恢复的研究进行了详尽回顾。
A museum catalog entry describes a 17th-century painting's brushwork in exhaustive technical detail before shifting, in its final paragraph, to speculate about the emotional state of the artist at the time of composition.
From a Text Structure and Purpose question · Craft and Structure
A travel essay describes a single crowded, chaotic market scene in exhaustive sensory detail—smells, sounds, colors—for nearly a full page before the narrative abruptly cuts to a quiet, single-sentence description of the writer's hotel room that night.
From a Text Structure and Purpose question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “exhaustive”?
D — Complete and thorough. “exhaustive” means complete and thorough.
Which word means “complete and thorough”?
B — exhaustive. “exhaustive” means complete and thorough.
exhaustive — complete and thorough. In Chinese: 详尽的，彻底的.
exhaustive is pronounced /ɪɡˈzɔːstɪv/.
The research team conducted an exhaustive review of all published studies on coral reef recovery before designing their own experiment. (研究团队在设计自己的实验之前，对已发表的关于珊瑚礁恢复的研究进行了详尽回顾。)
comprehensive, thorough, complete — all close in meaning to exhaustive (complete and thorough).
partial, superficial — each the opposite of exhaustive (complete and thorough).
Yes. exhaustive is on the SAT Prep Difficult list — the higher-register words that decide the hard questions. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
Adjective form of exhaust (exhaust).