核心畫面
You can picture 'exact' as something measured down to the last detail, with nothing rounded off, nothing missing, and nothing guessed — the figure that is weighed out precisely. The adjective is this precision itself; the verb is the older, harsher cousin: to weigh out and force the full amount out of someone.
可以想成「一分不差、量到底」的畫面:沒有四捨五入、沒有缺漏、不靠猜,每個細節都對得剛剛好。形容詞 exact 就是這…更多收起
可以想成「一分不差、量到底」的畫面:沒有四捨五入、沒有缺漏、不靠猜,每個細節都對得剛剛好。形容詞 exact 就是這份精確本身;而動詞 exact 像它較古老、較凶的表親——把該收的數目一分不少地從別人身上「逼出來、討足」。兩者共用「精準量足」這條底線,只是一個在描述準確,一個在強討足額。原始詞典資料9 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。
exactadj/ɪɡˈzækt/
- 1
Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
- The clock keeps exact time.
- He paid the exact debt.
- 2
Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.
- a man exact in observing an appointment
- In my doings I was exact.
- 3
Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
- An exact command, Larded with many several sorts of reason.
- 4
Such that the kernel of each morphism is the image of the preceding one.
- 5
Such that it preserves short exact sequences.
exactverb/ɪɡˈzækt/
- 1
To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
- to exact tribute, fees, or obedience from someone
- He said into them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
- 2
To make desirable or necessary.
- I vvait, Madam, / To knovv vvhat your commands are; my deſignes / Exact me in another place.
- 3
To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce; to visit.
- to exact revenge on someone
exactadv/ɪɡˈzækt/
- 1
exactly
- She's wearing the exact same sweater as I am!
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。