precise

• adj. 精确的；明确的；严格的

pre-,预先，-cis,剪，切，词源同concise,excise.引申词义精确的。

1. sharply exact or accurate or delimited;

"a precise mind"

"specified a precise amount"

"arrived at the precise moment"

2. (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct;

"a precise image"

"a precise measurement"

precise

precise: [16] Something that is precise is etymologically ‘cut off in front’. The word was acquired via French précis (subsequently borrowed as the noun précis ‘summary’ in the 18th century) from Latin praecīsus, an adjectival use of the past participle of praecīdere ‘shorten’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix prae- ‘in front’ and caedere ‘cut’ (source also of English concise, decide, excise, etc). The notion of being ‘shortened’ gradually slipped via ‘expressed shortly, leaving out extraneous matter’ to ‘exact’.
=> concise, decide, excise, précis

precise (adj.)

mid-15c., from Middle French précis "condensed, cut short" (14c.) and directly from Medieval Latin precisus, from Latin praecisus "abrupt, abridged, cut off," past participle of praecidere "to cut off, shorten," from prae "before" (see pre-) + caedere "to cut" (see -cide; for Latin vowel change, see acquisition). Related: Precisely (late 14c.).

accurate, exact, precise, right, true, correct

这些形容词均含"准确的，正确的"之意。

accurate：指通过谨慎的努力达到符合事实或实际，侧重不同程度的准确性，与事实无出入。

exact：着重在质与量方面的准确，语气比accurate强。

precise：侧重极端准确，更强调细节的精确无误。

right：使用广泛，可与这些词中的correct换用，但常暗示道德、理解、行动等方面的正确。

true：暗指绝对准确，尤指复制品与原件丝毫不差。

correct：最常用词，主要指按一定标准或规则来衡量，没有谬误和差错或无缺点错误。

Measuring emissions is not a precise science, particularly when it comes to issues surrounding land use; not all nations have released up-to-date data, and in any case, emissions from some sectors such as aviation are not included in national statistics.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

a basis for explaining human genetic diversityan aid to understanding different populationsan explanation for social and cultural differencesa term to describe individual human characteristicsmodern genetics research is likely to fuel racial conflictsrace is a poorly defined marker of human genetic diversityrace as a biological term can explain human genetic diversitygenetics research should consider social and cultural variablesit is absolutely necessary to put race aside in making diagnosisit is important to include social variables in genetics researchracial categories for genetic diversity could lead to wrong clinical predictionsdiscrimination against black people may cause negligence in clinical treatmentThey be more precise with the language they use.

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No one knows the precise use Google will make of the intellectual property it has gained by scanning the world's library books, and the truth, as Gleick, an American science writer and member of the Authors Guild, points out, is that the company probably doesn't even know itself.

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precise details/instructions/measurements

确切的细节；明确的指令；精确的尺寸

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Can you give a more precise definition of the word?

你能给这个词下个更确切的定义吗？

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I can be reasonably precise about the time of the incident.

我可以相当准确地说出这件事发生的时间。

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We were just talking about her when, at that precise moment , she walked in.

我们正谈论着她，恰好在这个时候，她走进来了。

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Doctors found it hard to establish the precise nature of her illness.

医生们难以判定她的确切病因。

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a skilled and precise worker

熟练而认真的工人

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small, precise movements

细微的动作

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(disapproving)She's rather prim and precise.

她拘谨严肃，一丝不苟。

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The shelf is about a metre long─well, 98cm, to be precise.

架子长约一米。嗯，精确地说，是98厘米。

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I can remember the precise moment when my daughter came to see me and her new baby brother in hospital...

我能清楚地回想起我女儿来医院看我和她刚出生的弟弟的那一刻。

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The precise location of the wreck was discovered in 1988...

残骸的确切位置是在1988年发现的。

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They speak very precise English...

他们讲一口非常地道的英语。

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He does not talk too much and what he has to say is precise and to the point.

他话不多，但他说的话既准确又中肯。

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More than a week ago, Thursday evening to be precise, Susanne was at her evening class...

一个多星期以前，确切地说是周四晚上，苏珊在夜校上课。

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The restaurant in which we ate that night had more people in it at 11pm, 51 more to be precise, than it did at 10pm.

那天晚上我们去吃饭的那家餐馆晚上11点时比10点时人更多，准确地说多了51人。

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Her judgements on the present situation in the middle east are precise.

她对中东目前局势的看法很是精准.

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With her precise use of language and intimidating aspect, she was a typical traditional schoolmistress.

她说话咬文嚼字,样子咄咄逼人, 真是一个典型的传统式的女教师.

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At that precise moment, Miss Pulteney came into the office.

就在那时, 普尔特尼小姐走进了办公室.

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These precise instruments have already gone into mass production.

这些精密仪器已经大规模投入生产.

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A scientist must be precise in making tests.

科学家做试验必须精确.

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He is precise in everything.

他在一切方面都太仔细了.

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A lawyer needs a precise mind.

律师需要有周密的头脑.

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