exact /ɪɡˈzækt/ star4 CET4 TEM4 (exacting,exacted,exacts)

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  ADJ（形容词） Exact means correct in every detail. For example, an exact copy is the same in every detail as the thing it is copied from. 精确的; 确切的

  例：

  I don't remember the exact words.

  我不记得确切的话了。

• 2.  

  ADV（副词） exactly 精确地; 确切地

  例：

  Try to locate exactly where the smells are entering the room.

  设法确定气味是从哪里进入房间的。

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  ADJ（形容词） You use exact before a noun to emphasize that you are referring to that particular thing and no other, especially something that has a particular significance. 正好的 (用于名词前表示强调) [ADJ n] [强调]

  例：

  I hadn't really thought about it until this exact moment.

  一直到此时此刻我才真正考虑它。

• 4.  

  ADV（副词） exactly 正好 [ADV n/wh]

  例：

  These are exactly the people who do not vote.

  这些正好是那些不投票的人。

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  V-T（及物动词） When someone exacts something, they demand and obtain it from another person, especially because they are in a superior or more powerful position. (尤指因处于上级地位而) 强行要求并获得 [正式]

  例：

  Already he has exacted a written apology from the chairman of the commission.

  他已经通过强行要求得到了委员会主席的书面道歉。

• 6.  

  V-T（及物动词） If someone exacts revenge on a person, they have their revenge on them. 实施

  例：

  She uses the media to help her exact a terrible revenge.

  她利用媒体帮助她实施一次可怕的报复。

• 7.  

  V-T（及物动词） If something exacts a high price, it has a bad effect on a person or situation. 使…付出 (代价)

  例：

  The sheer physical effort had exacted a heavy price.

  纯粹的体力支出已付出了沉重的代价。

• 8.  

  （） → see also exactly
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  PHRASE（习语） You say to be exact to indicate that you are slightly correcting or giving more detailed information about what you have been saying. 确切地说

  例：

  A small number – five, to be exact – have been bad.

  一个小数目–确切地说是5–已经很糟了。