[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]明确的;确切的 You use precise to emphasize that you are referring to an exact thing, rather than something vague.
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I can remember the precise moment when my daughter came to see me and her new baby brother in hospital...
我能清楚地回想起我女儿来医院看我和她刚出生的弟弟的那一刻。
The precise location of the wreck was discovered in 1988...
残骸的确切位置是在1988年发现的。
He was not clear on the precise nature of his mission...
他对自己使命的确切性质还不清楚。
We will never know the precise details of his death.
我们永远都不会知道他死亡的确切细节。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]精确的;准确的 Something that is precise is exact and accurate in all its details.
They speak very precise English...
他们讲一口非常地道的英语。
He does not talk too much and what he has to say is precise and to the point.
他话不多,但他说的话既准确又中肯。
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[PHRASE 短语]确切地说;准确地说 You say 'to be precise' to indicate that you are giving more detailed or accurate information than you have just given.
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More than a week ago, Thursday evening to be precise, Susanne was at her evening class...
一个多星期以前,确切地说是周四晚上,苏珊在夜校上课。
The restaurant in which we ate that night had more people in it at 11pm, 51 more to be precise, than it did at 10pm.
那天晚上我们去吃饭的那家餐馆晚上11点时比10点时人更多,准确地说多了51人。
Oxford
pre·cise★AWL/prɪˈsaɪs; NAmEprɪˈsaɪs/adjective1★clear and accurate 准确的;确切的;精确的;明确的SYN
exact
◆precise details/instructions/measurements确切的细节;明确的指令;精确的尺寸◆Can you give a more precise definition of the word?你能给这个词下个更确切的定义吗?◆I can be reasonably precise about the time of the incident.我可以相当准确地说出这件事发生的时间。2★[only before noun ]used to emphasize that sth happens at a particular time or in a particular way (强调时间或方式等)就,恰好◆We were just talking about her when, at that precise moment,she walked in. 我们正谈论着她,恰好在这个时候,她走进来了。◆Doctors found it hard to establish the precise nature of her illness.医生们难以判定她的确切病因。3★taking care to be exact and accurate, especially about small details 细致的;精细的;认真的;一丝不苟的SYN
meticulous
◆a skilled and precise worker熟练而认真的工人◆small, precise movements细微的动作◆( disapproving) She's rather prim and precise.她拘谨严肃,一丝不苟。IDIOMto be (more) preˈciseused to show that you are giving more detailed and accurate information about sth you have just mentioned 确切地说;准确地说◆The shelf is about a metre long—well, 98cm, to be precise.架子长约一米。嗯,精确地说,是 98 厘米。pre·cise/prɪˈsaɪs; NAmEprɪˈsaɪs/
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precisepre‧cise /prɪˈsaɪs/ ●●○W3AWL adjective
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1precise information, details etc are exact, clear, and correctSYN exact: precise sales figures It was difficult to get precise information. ‘She’s a lot older than you, isn’t she?’ ‘Fifteen years, to be precise.’2[only before noun] used to emphasize that you are referring to an exact thingSYN exact: At that precise moment, her husband walked in. The precise cause of the disease is unknown. the precise location of the ship the precise nature of their agreement3someone who is precise is very careful about small details or about the way they behave: a precise careful woman with precise movements of his hands
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precise
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精确的(62%),准确的(25%),严格的(8%),恰好的(5%)
adj.精确的;明确的;严格的
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