the quality of being exact, accurate and careful synonym accuracy精确;准确;细致 Her writing is imaginative but lacks precision. 她的文章想象力丰富,但是不够细致。 - with precision
He chose his words with precision. 他用词确切。 done with mathematical precision 以数学般的精准完成的 Historians can’t estimate the date with any (degree of) precision. 历史学家无法准确估算这个日期。 precision instruments/tools 精密仪器/工具
Extra ExamplesChimps are able to manipulate objects with a high degree of precision. 黑猩猩能够非常准确地操控物品。 He organized the team with military precision. 他以军队般的严谨建成了这支队伍。 The captain struck again with deadly precision. 队长再次打出极度准确的一击。 The movements are executed with the utmost precision. 以最大限度的精确性执行该移动。 The rebels launched missiles with pinpoint precision. 反政府武装发射了多枚精准导弹。 We can now choose our targets with greater precision. 现在我们能以更高的精度选择目标。 surgery which requires great precision 需要极其精确的外科手术 The buildings were neatly laid out with almost mathematical precision. 这些建筑布局整齐,几乎达到了数学精度。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- absolute
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Word Originmid 18th cent.: from French précision or Latin praecisio(n-), from praecidere ‘cut off’, from prae ‘in advance’ + caedere ‘to cut’.