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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pre·cise·ly /prɪˈsaɪsli/ ●●○ W3 AWL adverb 1 EXACTexactly and correctly 精确地，确切地，准确地 SYN exactly Temperature can be measured precisely. 温度可以精确地测量出来。 He arrived at precisely four o'clock. 他是4点整到的。precisely what/how/where etc It is difficult to know precisely how much impact the changes will have. 很难准确了解这些变化会造成多大影响。 What, precisely, does that mean? 那究竟是什么意思？ Lathes make wheels, or, more precisely, they make cylindrical objects. 车床可以车削轮子，更确切地说，可以车削圆柱形物体。► see thesaurus at exactly2 EXACTused to emphasize that a particular thing is completely true or correct 恰好，正是〔用于强调〕 Women in these jobs are paid less precisely because most of the jobs are held by women rather than men. 从事这些工作的女性报酬之所以较低正是因为做这些工作的人大部分是女性而不是男性。 She’s precisely the kind of person we’re looking for. 她正是我们要找的那种人。3 spoken formalAGREE used to say that you agree completely with someone 对，确实如此 ‘It needs to be dealt with now.’ ‘Precisely, before it gets any worse.’ “现在应该处理这件事了。”“确实如此，趁它还没有变得更糟。”Examples from the Corpus
precisely• We arrived at the hotel at precisely 10:30.• Fife Symington has been in office precisely 18 days.• The different categories of traveller are very hard to assess at all precisely.• The cloud cover as well as the atmospheric conditions are precisely defined.• What precisely do you mean by 'relativity'?• That world evolves in a clear and deterministic way, being governed by precisely formulated mathematical equations.• We need to know precisely how much this is going to cost.• They are, of course, precisely right.• Further down the scale the monarchic principle constitutes an obstacle to precisely that sense of responsibility about which we hear so much.• The new legislation won't solve the problem - it will do precisely the opposite.• That is precisely the point I was trying to make earlier.• What precisely, then, do we mean by church union?• Can you tell us more precisely what happened?more precisely• But problems begin to arise when such stylistic criteria are pressed more precisely.• In some cases, however, the design philosophy of another supplier will meet the user's needs more precisely.• Uranium-238 decays more quickly, with a half-life of 4.5 billion years, and can therefore date the star more precisely.• The most serious enemy of the mountain goat is snow, or more precisely avalanches.• Or, more precisely, one golden night: Friday, June 4,1976.• This vicious circle is more precisely specified in Chapter 7.• These have made it possible for scientists to manipulate more precisely the genetic make-up of living organisms.• Putting this more precisely, the proper time taken by light to pass to and fro between two fixed points in spaces oscillates.precisely because• It is precisely because all is not certain that we have to make certain.• Now Fuchs is a particularly good advertisement for health economics, precisely because he is no genius.• The whole process is inescapable precisely because more and more people want it to be so.• Some might envy his position down in Ca Mau, precisely because nothing was happening.• The answer is: precisely because of this doctrine.• It is precisely because such a code does not exist, that we live in a period of uncertainty and experimentation.• Indeed, many people seem to feel uncomfortable at a concert precisely because the occasion demands concentrated listening.pre·cise·ly adverbChineseSyllable
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pre‧cise‧ly S2 W3 AC /prɪˈsaɪsli/
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SYN exactly:
Temperature can be measured precisely.
He arrived at precisely four o'clock.
precisely what/how/where etc
It is difficult to know precisely how much impact the changes will have.
What, precisely, does that mean?
Lathes make wheels, or, more precisely, they make cylindrical objects.
2. used to emphasize that a particular thing is completely true or correct:
Women in these jobs are paid less precisely because most of the jobs are held by women rather than men.
She’s precisely the kind of person we’re looking for.
3. spoken formal used to say that you agree completely with someone:
‘It needs to be dealt with now.’ ‘Precisely, before it gets any worse.’
▪ exactly used when emphasizing that something is no more and no less than a number or amount, or is completely correct in every detail: The bill came to exactly $1,000. | Police are still trying to find out exactly how the accident happened.
▪precisely exactly – used when it is important to be sure that something is completely correct in every detail: We need to know precisely how much this is going to cost. | Can you tell us precisely where he is? | What precisely do you mean by ‘relativity’?
▪just especially spoken exactly – used especially when saying that things are exactly right, exactly the same, or exactly in a particular position: The frame is just the right size for the picture. | He and his brother are just the same. | The hotel is just next to the station. | A new handbag! That’s just what I wanted.
▪right exactly in a particular position or direction: The ball hit me right in the eye! | There’s the house, right in front of you. | I got a mosquito bite right on the end of my nose. | He sat down right beside her.
▪directly exactly in a particular position or direction Directly is more formal than right: Amy was sitting directly opposite me.
▪on the dot informal at exactly a particular time, and no earlier or later than that time: She always leaves the office at 5.30 p.m. on the dot.
▪bang British English informal exactly – used especially in the following very informal expressions: The train was bang on time. | The shot was bang on target. | Cockatoo Island is right bang in the middle of Sydney harbour.
pre‧cise‧ly S2 W3 AC /prɪˈsaɪsli/
adverb Word Family: adjective: precise ≠ imprecise, precision; noun: precision ≠ imprecision; adverb: precisely ≠ imprecisely
1. exactly and correctly SYN exactly:
precisely what/how/where etc
2. used to emphasize that a particular thing is completely true or correct:
3. spoken formal used to say that you agree completely with someone:
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Explaining what you mean 解释意思
◆ Some poems are mnemonics, i.e. they are designed to help you remember something.有些诗歌是记忆代码，即是说，其目的是帮助人们记起某事。 ◆ Some poems are mnemonics, that is to say , they are designed to help you remember something.有些诗歌是记忆代码，就是说，其目的是帮助人们记起某事。 ◆ Mnemonic poems, that is poems designed to help you remember something, are an excellent way to learn lists.记事诗，即帮助人记起事情的诗歌，是记住一系列事物的极佳方式。 ◆ A limerick's rhyme scheme is A–A–B–B–A. In other words , the first, second, and fifth lines all rhyme with one another, while the third and fourth lines have their own rhyme.五行打油诗的韵律是 A-A-B-B-A。就是说，第一行、第二行和第五行押一个韵，而第三行和第四行押另一个韵。 ◆ In this exercise the reader is encouraged to work out the meaning, or rather the range of meanings, of the poem.这个练习鼓励读者弄清这首诗的意思，更确切地说是弄清其几种含意。 ◆ This is a poem about death, or, more precisely , dying.这是一首关于死亡的诗，更确切地说是关于临终的诗。 ◆ He says his poems deal with 'the big issues', by which he means love, loss, grief and death.他说他的诗涉及一些 “重大问题”，这些问题是指爱、失去、痛苦和死亡。