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ADJ-GRADED
精確的;正確的;確切的
Exact means correct in every detail. For example, an exact copy is the same in every detail as the thing it is copied from.
例句
I don't remember the exact words...
我不記得確切的話語。
The exact number of protest calls has not been revealed...
抗議電話的確切數量并未透露。
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ADJ
（用于名詞前表強調）剛好的，確切的
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.
例句
I hadn't really thought about it until this exact moment...
直到這時我才真正開始考慮它。
Do you really think I could get the exact thing I want?...
你真的認為我能夠得到我想要的東西么？
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ADJ-GRADED
一絲不茍的;嚴謹的
If you describe someone as exact, you mean that they are very careful and detailed in their work, thinking, or methods.
例句
Formal, exact and obstinate, he was also cold, suspicious, touchy and tactless.
嚴肅、嚴謹、倔強的他同時又冷漠、多疑、敏感、不會變通。
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VERB
強求;勒索;強迫
When someone exacts something, they demand and obtain it from another person, especially because they are in a superior or more powerful position.
例句
Already he has exacted a written apology from the chairman of the commission...
他已經強行要求委員會主席作出書面道歉。
They, too, would be likely to exact a high price for their cooperation.
他們也可能會為提供合作而索要高價。
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VERB
實施，施加（報復）
If someone exacts revenge on a person, they have their revenge on them.
例句
She uses the media to help her exact a terrible revenge.
她利用媒體幫助自己進行可怕的復仇。
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VERB
對…有害；使…付出代價
If something exacts a high price, it has a bad effect on a person or situation.
例句
The sheer physical effort had exacted a heavy price...
純粹的體力勞動已經產生了極其不利的影響。
The strain of a violent ground campaign will exact a toll on troops.
激烈的地面戰役帶來的緊張壓力將讓軍隊付出代價。
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PHRASE
確切地說;精確地說
You say to be exact to indicate that you are slightly correcting or giving more detailed information about what you have been saying.
例句
A small number — five, to be exact—have been bad...
一小部分——確切地說是5個——已經壞了。
I consider myself to be a liberal democrat, or to be more exact, a democratic liberal.
我認為自己是個自由主義的民主黨人，或者更準確地說，是倡導民主的自由主義者。