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exact

adjective
 
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  1.  
     correct in every detail精确的；准确的 synonym precise
    • The new palace is an exact replica of the original building.新宫殿是原始建筑的精确复制品。
    • It is an exact copy of the original document.它是原始文档的精确副本。
    • The model is exact in every detail. 该模型在每个细节上都是精确的。
    • For now they are keeping the exact date and location of the wedding a secret.目前，他们将婚礼的确切日期和地点保密。
    • The exact nature of her illness (= precisely what her illness is) has not been made public.她的疾病的确切性质（确切地说是她的疾病）尚未公开。
    • Her second husband was the exact opposite of her first (= completely different).她的第二任丈夫与第一任截然不同。🔊🔊
    • The colours were an almost exact match.颜色几乎是完全匹配的。
    • She's in her mid-thirties—thirty-six to be exact.她三十五岁左右，确切地说是三十六岁。🔊🔊
    • (informal) I had the exact same problem as you when I first started.我开始时也遇到了和你完全相同的问题。
    • What were his exact words?他的原话是什么？🔊🔊
    • A clear definition requires very exact wording.明确的定义需要非常准确的措词。
    • Nobody knows the exact number of people affected, but it is over 10 000. 没有人知道受影响的确切人数，但是这个数字已经超过1万。
    • He started to phone me at the exact moment I started to phone him (= at the same time).他给我拨电话时，我也正好在给他拨电话。🔊🔊
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    • We need to know the exact time the incident occurred.我们需要了解事情发生的确切时间。🔊🔊
    • She gave an exact description of the attacker.她对袭击者的特征作了精确的描述。🔊🔊
    • The two men were exact contemporaries at university.这两个人是大学的同时代人。
  2. (of people人) very accurate and careful about details严谨的；严格的；一丝不苟的 synonym meticulous, precise
    • He was very exact about everything he did.他对所做的一切都很精确。
  3. (of a science科学) using accurate measurements and following set rules精密的；严密的 synonym precise
    • Assessing insurance risk can never be an exact science.估定承保的风险永远不会成为一门精确的科学。🔊🔊
    4. Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): from Latin exact- ‘completed, ascertained, enforced’, from the verb exigere, from ex- ‘thoroughly’ + agere ‘perform’. The adjective dates from the mid 16th cent. and reflects the Latin exactus ‘precise’.

exact

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they exact
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he / she / it exacts
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past simple exacted
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past participle exacted
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-ing form exacting
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  1. exact something (from somebody) to demand and get something from somebody要求；索取
    • She was determined to exact a promise from him.她决意要他作出许诺。🔊🔊
    • No doubt they will exact payment in due course.毫无疑问，他们将在适当时候付款。
  2. to make something bad happen to somebody迫使；强迫；强求
    • exact something He exacted (= took) a terrible revenge for their treatment of him.他因受他们的虐待而痛加报复。🔊🔊
    • exact something from somebody Stress can exact a high price from workers (= can affect them badly).压力可能迫使工人付出昂贵的代价。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): from Latin exact- ‘completed, ascertained, enforced’, from the verb exigere, from ex- ‘thoroughly’ + agere ‘perform’. The adjective dates from the mid 16th cent. and reflects the Latin exactus ‘precise’.