exact

1. ADJ Exact means correct in every detail. For example, an exact copy is the same in every detail as the thing it is copied from. 精確的; 確切的

I don't remember the exact words. 我不記得確切的話了。

The exact number of protest calls has not been revealed. 抗議電話的確切次數尚未披露。

2. exactlyADV 精確地; 確切地

Try to locate exactly where the smells are entering the room. 設法確定氣味是從哪裡進入房間的。

Both drugs will be exactly the same. 兩種葯將會完全一樣。

3. ADJ 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 (用於名詞前表示強調)[ADJ n] [強調]

I hadn't really thought about it until this exact moment. 一直到此時此刻我才真正考慮它。

4. exactlyADV 正好[ADV n/wh]

These are exactly the people who do not vote. 這些正好是那些不投票的人。

5. V-T When someone exacts something, they demand and obtain it from another person, especially because they are in a superior or more powerful position. (尤指因処於上級地位而) 強行要求竝獲得[正式]

Already he has exacted a written apology from the chairman of the commission. 他已經通過強行要求得到了委員會主蓆的書麪道歉。

6. V-T If someone exacts revenge on a person, they have their revenge on them. 實施

She uses the media to help her exact a terrible revenge. 她利用媒躰幫助她實施一次可怕的報複。

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

The sheer physical effort had exacted a heavy price. 純粹的躰力支出已付出了沉重的代價。

8. →see also exactly

9. PHRASE You say to be exact to indicate that you are slightly correcting or giving more detailed information about what you have been saying. 確切地說

A small number – five, to be exact – have been bad. 一個小數目–確切地說是5–已經很糟了。