核心畫面

Think of someone who worked with great care and checked every detail, so what they produced lines up exactly with the real facts — nothing off, nothing guessed.

可以想成一個人做事很用心、每個細節都對過,做出來的東西剛好貼合真實情況——沒有一處歪掉、也沒有靠猜。這份「因為仔細所更多收起可以想成一個人做事很用心、每個細節都對過,做出來的東西剛好貼合真實情況——沒有一處歪掉、也沒有靠猜。這份「因為仔細所以沒有誤差」的畫面,就是 accurate 貫穿各個用法的核心。

From the word’s history

From Latin accuratus 'done with care', from ad- + cura 'care'. The idea began as 'worked on carefully' and, because careful work leaves no mistakes, shifted to 'exact, error-free' in the 1650s.

源自拉丁文 accuratus「用心做出來的」,由 ad-(朝向)加 cura(照料、用心)組成。原意是「仔細處理過的」,因為夠仔細就不會出錯,1650 年代起轉為「精確、無誤差」——正好對上今天「因用心而準確」的核心。

etymonline.com/word/accurate (Latin accuratus, ad-+cura 'care'; sense 'precise' from 1650s)

Two branches

與事實相符

把「用心無誤差」用在陳述與數字上:講出來、算出來的東西剛好對上真實。

correct, true to fact · adjective · B1

Correct and true in every detail, matching the real facts.

準確的

運作精準、命中目標

把「無誤差」從「所說是否為真」轉到「動作做得準不準」:機器與投擲每次都落在該落的地方。

precise (machine/tool) · adjective · B1

Able to work in an exact way without making mistakes — used about a machine or tool.

精準的

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

accurateadj/ˈak.jʊ.ɹɪt/

  • 1

    Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty.

    • an accurate calculator
    • an accurate measure
  • 2

    Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits.

    • My horoscopes I read last week were surprisingly accurate.
  • 3

    On course to hit, or successful in hitting, a target; well-aimed.

    • an accurate pass
    • an accurate shot
  • 4

    Capable of consistently hitting a target, especially using some weapon or tool.

    • an accurate marksman
    • an accurate shooter
  • 5

    obsoletePrecisely fixed; executed with care; careful.

    • for that is the fume of those, that conceive the celestial bodies have more accurate influences upon these things below, than indeed they have

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。