clear and accurate 准确的；确切的；精确的；明确的 precise details/instructions/measurements 确切的细节；明确的指令；精确的尺寸 Can you give a more precise definition of the word? 你能给这个词下个更确切的定义吗？ I can be reasonably precise about the time of the incident. 我可以相当准确地说出这件事发生的时间。
Extra ExamplesAre the measurements precise enough? 测量的结果够准确吗？ These estimates will become more precise. 这些估计将更为准确。 You need to use legally precise terms. 你需要使用准确的法律术语。 Please give precise details about your previous experience. 请细说一下你以前的经历。 We will need a more precise description of the accommodation. 我们需要一份更精确的住宿描述。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- make something
- …
- extremely
- incredibly
- infinitely
- …
- about
- in
- [only before noun]
used to emphasize that something happens at a particular time or in a particular way （强调时间或方式等）就，恰好 We were just talking about her when, at that precise moment, she walked in. 我们正谈论着她，恰好在这个时候，她走进来了。 Doctors found it hard to establish the precise nature of her illness. 医生们难以判定她的确切病因。
taking care to be exact and accurate, especially about small details 细致的；精细的；认真的；一丝不苟的 a skilled and precise worker 熟练而认真的工人 small, precise movements 细微的动作 We've tried to make the process as precise as possible. 我们努力使该过程尽可能准确。 - (disapproving)
She's rather prim and precise. 她拘谨严肃，一丝不苟。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- make something
- …
- extremely
- incredibly
- infinitely
- …
- about
- in
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French prescis, from Latin praecis- ‘cut short’, from the verb praecidere, from prae ‘in advance’ + caedere ‘to cut’.