exactly
adverb
uk/ɪɡˈzækt.li/us/ɪɡˈzækt.li/A2
used when you are giving oraskingforinformationthat iscompletelycorrect:
精确地;确切地;完全准确地Thejourneytook exactly threehours.正好是3个小时的路程。
That'll be £15 exactly,please.正好15英镑,请付款。
Ittastesexactly the same as therealthing, but hashalfthefat.它跟真品的口味完全一样,但脂肪含量却只有其一半。
Thebuildinglooksexactly as it did when it wasbuiltin 1877.这座建筑物看上去和1877年建成时完全一样。
"What youseemto be saying is that more should beinvestedin theroadsystemand less in therailways." "Exactly"(= that iscorrect).“你的意思好像是说应该在公路系统上多投资,而在铁路系统上少投资。”“完全正确。”
B1
used toemphasizewhat you are saying:
(用于强调)正好,恰好;究竟Do exactly what Itellyou and no one will gethurt!严格照我说的去做,就不会有人受伤!
Exactly how do youproposetoachievethis?你究竟打算怎样做到这一点?
What exactly do youmean?你到底什么意思?
not exactly
used for saying that someone or something isslightlydifferent from aparticularway ofdescribingthem or it:
He's not exactlygood-looking, but he has acertainattraction.他算不上英俊,但有着一种魅力。
B2
used for saying that something is notcompletelytrue:
并不完全是这样"So you gave heryouriPod?" "Not exactly, Ilentit to her."“那你把你的iPod给她了?”“不完全是,我只是借给她罢了。”
used for saying that something is theoppositeof aparticularway ofdescribingit:
并非…Answer thequestion- it's not exactlydifficult.回答这个问题——这个问题并不难啊。
- Pleasedescribeto thecourtexactly what yousaw.
- No oneknowsexactly whathappenedbut severalpeoplehave beenhurt.
- I don'tknowexactly what'swrongwith her - Ithinkit's somesortofvirus.
- Thisjugholdsexactly onepint.
- Iwantedtotellhim exactly what Ithoughtof him, but Imanagedtostopmyself.
Accurate and exact
- accuracy
- accurate
- accurately
- aright
- authoritative
- Goldilocks
- got it in one!idiom
- in so many wordsidiom
- infallible
- infallibly
- literally
- nose
- precisely
- sharp
- strictly speakingidiom
- superaccurate
- synchronization
- technically
- tightness
- truly
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