imprecise

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++im·pre·cise /ˌɪmprɪˈsaɪs◂/ AWL adjective CLEAR/EASY TO UNDERSTANDnot clear or exact 不明确的；不确切的 OPP precise, exact vague imprecise estimates 粗略的、不精确的估计 Alcohol affects the brain, making speech slurred and imprecise. 酒精影响大脑，使言语含糊不清。 —imprecisely adverb —imprecision /-ˈsɪʒən/ noun [uncountable] an imprecision in the terminology 专业术语的不准确

Examples from the Corpus

imprecise• The rhythms are very useful, even though quite imprecise.• His use of language is vague and imprecise.• Many of the terms used in this book are imprecise.• She gave me directions to the hotel, but they were, shall we say, somewhat imprecise.• Although the word reengineering dominates business jargon, as a metaphor for organizational change, it has become wildly imprecise.• Furthermore the sense in which we describe certain dilemmas, impulses, intuitions, or decisions as moral ones is notoriously imprecise.• If the neurons control speech, words slur and become increasingly imprecise.• imprecise estimates• Is knowledge lost from memory or does it change, becoming vague and imprecise, or distorted, or disconnected and fragmented?• In particular, how does it come about that the imprecise quantum world yields a precise answer when it is experimentally interrogated?