exact /ɪɡˈzækt/ CET4 TEM4 ( exacting, exacted, exacts )

• 1. 

  ADJ Exact means correct in every detail. For example, an exact copy is the same in every detail as the thing it is copied from. 精确的; 确切的

  例：

  I don't remember the exact words.

  我不记得确切的话了。

  例：

  The exact number of protest calls has not been revealed.

  抗议电话的确切次数尚未披露。

• 2. 

  exactly ADV 精确地; 确切地

  例：

  Try to locate exactly where the smells are entering the room.

  设法确定气味是从哪里进入房间的。

  例：

  Both drugs will be exactly the same.

  两种药将会完全一样。

• 3. 

  ADJ You use exact before a noun to emphasize that you are referring to that particular thing and no other, especially something that has a particular significance. 正好的 (用于名词前表示强调) [ADJ n] [强调]

  例：

  I hadn't really thought about it until this exact moment.

  一直到此时此刻我才真正考虑它。

• 4. 

  exactly ADV 正好 [ADV n/wh]

  例：

  These are exactly the people who do not vote.

  这些正好是那些不投票的人。

• 5. 

  V-T When someone exacts something, they demand and obtain it from another person, especially because they are in a superior or more powerful position. (尤指因处于上级地位而) 强行要求并获得 [正式]

  例：

  Already he has exacted a written apology from the chairman of the commission.

  他已经通过强行要求得到了委员会主席的书面道歉。

• 6. 

  V-T If someone exacts revenge on a person, they have their revenge on them. 实施

  例：

  She uses the media to help her exact a terrible revenge.

  她利用媒体帮助她实施一次可怕的报复。

• 7. 

  V-T If something exacts a high price, it has a bad effect on a person or situation. 使…付出 (代价)

  例：

  The sheer physical effort had exacted a heavy price.

  纯粹的体力支出已付出了沉重的代价。

• 8. 

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• 9. 

  PHRASE You say to be exact to indicate that you are slightly correcting or giving more detailed information about what you have been saying. 确切地说

  例：

  A small number – five, to be exact – have been bad.

  一个小数目–确切地说是5–已经很糟了。