1.This punctiliousness might have been understandable, and indeed many Egyptians accepted that an orderly transition might require a rulebook.
这种谨小甚微或许可以被理解，确实埃及人也接受有秩序地转换可能需要一部规则书。
2.To find out how deep this new punctiliousness runs, I have just carried out some research and come up with startling results.
为了了解这种新的拘礼程度有多严重，我进行了一些研究，结果令人吃惊。