- 1一字不差、毫無差錯(每個細節都對)
Letter-perfect means right in every small point — not “quite good,” but exact. If a student is letter-perfect in a poem, every word and every is in the right place. If a report is letter-perfect, the facts and the wording have been checked until there is nothing left to fix. The letter here is a letter of the alphabet, the smallest piece of writing, not a letter you post. The phrase is more American. British English often says word-perfect when someone can recite a text with no mistakes. Letter-perfect can go a little wider than speech: it can praise any performance or copy that is exact. It is , a little old-fashioned in some rooms, still common in American school and theatre talk.
「letter-perfect」的意思是每個小地方都對,不只是還不錯,而是完全精確。例如 「a student is letter-perfect in a poem」(學生把詩背得一字不差),那就是每個字、每個逗號都在對的位置上。這裡的 letter 指的是字母,不是信件。
這個說法偏美式。英式多說 word-perfect,指背一段文字沒有任何錯誤。它的範圍也可以比說話更廣,用來稱讚任何精確的表演或抄寫。它是讚美的語氣,在某些場合略顯老派,但美式學校和劇場裡還很常用。
組成letter (a character in writing) + perfect. The picture is “perfect down to the last letter.”
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- word-perfectthe close British cousin, used especially when someone can recite a text with no mistakes
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,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。
letter-perfectadj
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Exactly correct, correct in every letter; word-perfect.
- He was able to write out the speeches of Hamlet, letter perfect. It was impressive to see how exactly he knew the wording.
- "Can you quote it?" "I know my New Testament pretty well, but I am not letter-perfect."
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