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precisely

adverb
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🔊/prɪˈsaɪsli/
🔊/prɪˈsaɪsli/
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  1.  
    exactly准确地；恰好地
    • They look precisely the same to me.依我看，他们的长相一模一样。🔊🔊
    • That's precisely what I meant.那恰恰是我的意思。🔊🔊
    • It's not clear precisely how the accident happened.事故究竟是怎么发生的不是很清楚。🔊🔊
    • The meeting starts at 2 o'clock precisely.会议在两点整开始。🔊🔊
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    accurately; carefully精确地；细心地；仔细地
    • to describe something precisely精确地描述某事物
    • She pronounced the word very slowly and precisely.她缓慢而清晰地读出这个字。🔊🔊
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    used to emphasize that something is very true or obvious（强调真实或明显）正是，确实
    • It's precisely because I care about you that I don't like you staying out late.正因为我关心你，我才不要你太晚回家。🔊🔊
    • The children are precisely the ones who will suffer if they get divorced.孩子正是离婚的受害者。
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    used to emphasize that you agree with a statement, especially because you think it is obvious or is similar to what you have just said（加强同意的语气）对，的确如此，一点也不错
    • ‘It's not that easy, is it?’ ‘No, precisely.’“事情并不那么容易吧？” “对，的确不容易。”🔊🔊
    Topics Opinion and argumentb2
Idioms
more precisely
  1. used to show that you are giving more detailed and accurate information about something you have just mentioned更确切地说；更严格地说
    • The problem is due to discipline, or, more precisely, the lack of discipline, in schools.问题出在纪律上，或者更确切地说，是学校缺乏纪律。🔊🔊
    Language Bank i.e.i.e.Explaining what you mean解释意思
      • Some poems are mnemonics, i.e. they are designed to help you remember something.有些诗歌是记忆代码，即是说，其目的是帮助人们记起某事。
      • Some poems are mnemonics, that is to say, they are designed to help you remember something.有些诗歌是记忆代码，就是说，其目的是帮助人们记起某事。
      • Mnemonic poems, that is poems designed to help you remember something, are an excellent way to learn lists. 记事诗，即帮助人记起事情的诗歌，是记住一系列事物的极佳方式。
      • A limerick’s rhyme scheme is A–A–B–B–A. In other words, the first, second, and fifth lines all rhyme with one another, while the third and fourth lines have their own rhyme.五行打油诗的韵律是 A-A-B-B-A。就是说，第一行、第二行和第五行押一个韵，而第三行和第四行押另一个韵。
      • In this exercise the reader is encouraged to work out the meaning, or rather the range of meanings, of the poem.这个练习鼓励读者弄清这首诗的意思，更确切地说是弄清其几种含意。
      • This is a poem about death, or, more precisely, dying.这是一首关于死亡的诗，更确切地说是关于临终的诗。
      • He says his poems deal with ‘the big issues’, by which he means love, loss, grief and death.他说他的诗涉及一些 “重大问题”，这些问题是指爱、失去、痛苦和死亡。