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preciseness

/pri-sahys/US // prɪˈsaɪs //UK // (prɪˈsaɪs) //

精确性,精确度,准确度,精度

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : definitely or strictly stated, defined, or fixed: precise directions.
    • : being exactly that and neither more nor less: a precise temperature; a precise amount.
    • : being just that and no other: the precise dress she had wanted.
    • : definite or exact in statement, as a person.
    • : carefully distinct: precise articulation.
    • : exact in measuring, recording, etc.: a precise instrument.
    • : excessively or rigidly particular: precise observance of regulations; precise grooming.

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Examples

  • Those who screen positive on the home tests could then have their status confirmed with more precise PCR tests.

  • We should emphasize, though, that there are limits in how precise we can be in describing these shifts.

  • Patterns that repeat in a less precise sense are very interesting.

  • The sight of the word sent me straight to the unabridged dictionary to find the precise English equivalent.

  • This number sounds precise — and encouraging — but the study had numerous limitations.

  • This is also the preferred tactic of Ann Coulter, who provokes liberal indignation with Pavlonian preciseness.

  • Seeing we were all harmless, the officer dropped his military preciseness as if it were an ill-fitting garment.

  • This attention to your religious duties need not be attended by any preciseness or austerity of manner.

  • It does not appear, however, that such preciseness is justified.

  • "Of course it's me," she cried tremulously, and with fine disregard for her habitual preciseness of speech.

  • Norwegians and Danes are like Englishmen, though there is perhaps a little more preciseness and stiffness about their clothes.