As a stickler for accuracy, the editor checked every citation twice before approving the manuscript.
作为对准确性一丝不苟的人，编辑在批准稿件前将每处引文核对了两次。
Which choice best defines “stickler”?
D — A person who insists on a certain quality or type of behavior. “stickler” means a person who insists on a certain quality or type of behavior.
Which word means “a person who insists on a certain quality or type of behavior”?
D — stickler. “stickler” means a person who insists on a certain quality or type of behavior.
stickler — a person who insists on a certain quality or type of behavior. In Chinese: 坚持细节的人，顽固的人.
stickler is pronounced /ˈstɪklər/.
As a stickler for accuracy, the editor checked every citation twice before approving the manuscript. (作为对准确性一丝不苟的人，编辑在批准稿件前将每处引文核对了两次。)
perfectionist, purist, fanatic — all close in meaning to stickler (a person who insists on a certain quality or type of behavior).
slacker, nonconformist — each the opposite of stickler (a person who insists on a certain quality or type of behavior).
Yes. stickler is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. 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.