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correct in every detail synonym precise精确的;准确的 The new palace is an exact replica of the original building. 这座新宫殿是原建筑的精确复制品。 It is an exact copy of the original document. 这是原始文件的精确副本。 The model is exact in every detail. 这个模型每个细节都很精确。 For now they are keeping the exact date and location of the wedding a secret. 目前,他们对婚礼的确切日期和地点保密。 The exact nature of her illness (= precisely what her illness is) has not been made public. 她的确切病情尚未公开。 Her second husband was the exact opposite of her first (= completely different). 她的第二任丈夫与第一任截然不同。 The colours were an almost exact match. 这些颜色几乎完全匹配。 She's in her mid-thirties—thirty-six to be exact. 她三十五岁左右,确切地说是三十六岁。 - (informal)
I had the exact same problem as you when I first started. 我开始时也遇到了和你完全相同的问题。 What were his exact words? 他的原话是什么? A clear definition requires very exact wording. 一个清晰的定义需要非常精确的措辞。 Nobody knows the exact number of people affected, but it is over 10 000. 没有人知道受影响的确切人数,但已超过1万人。 He started to phone me at the exact moment I started to phone him (= at the same time). 他给我拨电话时,我也正好在给他拨电话。
(of people )人 very accurate and careful about details synonym meticulous, precise严谨的;严格的;一丝不苟的 He was very exact about everything he did. 他对自己所做的一切都非常严格。
(of a science )科学 using accurate measurements and following set rules synonym precise精密的;严密的
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): from Latin exact- ‘completed, ascertained, enforced’, from the verb exigere, from ex- ‘thoroughly’ + agere ‘perform’. The adjective dates from the mid 16th cent. and reflects the Latin exactus ‘precise’.