Imprecise means not clear and not exact. A number can be imprecise if you say “about fifty” when someone needed 47.

Imprecise means not clear and not exactimprecise指的是不清楚、不精確 A number can be imprecise一個數字可能是imprecise的 if you say “about fifty”如果你說「大概五十」 when someone needed 47但對方其實需要的是47這個確切數字

A sentence can be imprecise if the listener cannot tell what you really meant. It is often a gentle fault: the idea may still be in the right area, just not sharp.

A sentence can be imprecise一個句子也可能是imprecise的 if the listener cannot tell what you really meant如果聽的人搞不清楚你真正的意思 It is often a gentle fault這通常是個溫和的小毛病 the idea may still be in the right area想法的大方向可能還是對的 just not sharp只是不夠精準

Inaccurate is stronger — that one is wrong. Scientists, teachers, and editors use precise and imprecise a lot.

Inaccurate is strongerinaccurate的語氣更重 that one is wrong那個是指「錯了」 Scientists, teachers, and editors科學家、老師和編輯 use precise and imprecise a lot很常用precise和imprecise這兩個字

In daily talk we often say vague for words and rough for numbers, and keep imprecise for slightly more careful speech. Though actually, people also stretch it: “imprecise language” can mean the speaker is hiding something, not only that they lack a better word.

In daily talk日常說話裡 we often say vague for words形容文字常說vague and rough for numbers形容數字常說rough and keep imprecise for slightly more careful speech把imprecise留給比較講究一點的說法 Though actually不過其實 people also stretch it大家也會延伸這個字的用法 “imprecise language” can mean the speaker is hiding something「imprecise language」可能代表說話的人在隱瞞什麼 not only that they lack a better word而不只是找不到更好的字眼