- If something's exact, it's precise and completely accurate — as opposed to a guess, an estimate, or an approximation.
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- adj. 准确的；精确的
- v. 强求；迫使
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1. She gave an exact description of the attacker.
她对袭击者的特征作了精确的描述。
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2. an exact copy of the painting
那幅画的精确复制品
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3. 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。
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4. The colours were an exact match.
颜色极为协调。
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5. She was determined to exact a promise from him.
她决意要他作出许诺。
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6. Stress can exact a high price from workers .
压力可能迫使工人付出昂贵的代价。
- exact (adj.) "precise, rigorous, accurate," 1530s, from Latin exactus "precise, accurate, highly finished," past-participle adjective from exigere "demand, require, enforce," literally "to drive or force out," also "to finish, measure," from ex "out" (see ex-) + agere "to set in motion, drive, drive forward; to do, perform" (from PIE root *ag- "to drive, draw out or forth, move").
- exact (v.) mid-15c., from Latin exactus, past participle of exigere "require, enforce, demand, collect (money);" see exact (adj.). Older in English than the adjective and retaining the literal sense of the Latin source. Related: Exacted; exacting.
exact ★ / ɪɡˈzækt ; NAmE ɪɡˈzækt / adjective , verb exact exacts exacted exacting adjective ★ 1 ★ correct in every detail 精确的；准确的 SYN precise ◆ She gave an exact description of the attacker. 她对袭击者的特征作了精确的描述。 ◆ an exact copy/replicaof the painting 那幅画的精确复制品 ◆ 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。 ◆ What were his exact words? 他的原话是什么？ ◆ 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。 ◆ The colours were an exact match. 颜色极为协调。 ◆ He started to phone me at the exact moment I started to phone him (= at the same time). 他开始给我打电话时，我也正好开始给他打电话。 ◆ Her second husband was the exact oppositeof her first (= completely different). 她的第二任丈夫与第一任截然不同。 2 ★ (of people 人 ) very accurate and careful about details 严谨的；严格的；一丝不苟的 SYN meticulous , precise 3 (of a science 科学 ) using accurate measurements and following set rules 精密的；严密的 SYN 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。 ▶ exact·ness / ɪɡˈzæktnəs ; NAmE ɪɡˈzæktnəs / noun [uncountable ] verb ( formal) 1 exactsth (from sb) to demand and get sth from sb 要求；索取 ◆ She was determined to exact a promise from him. 她决意要他作出许诺。 2 to make sth bad happen to sb 迫使；强迫；强求 exactsth ◆ He exacted (= took)a terrible revenge for their treatment of him. 他因受他们的虐待而痛加报复。 exactsth from sb ◆ 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。 ▶ exac·tion exaction exactions / ɪɡˈzækʃn ; NAmE ɪɡˈzækʃn / noun [countable , uncountable ] ( formal) exact / ɪɡˈzækt ; NAmE ɪɡˈzækt / exact·ness / ɪɡˈzæktnəs ; NAmE ɪɡˈzæktnəs / exac·tion / ɪɡˈzækʃn ; NAmE ɪɡˈzækʃn /
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