英语词汇“exacting”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1 (adjective) in the sense of demanding

Definition

making rigorous or excessive demands

He was not well enough to carry out such an exacting task.

Synonyms

demanding

It is a demanding job.

hard

Coping with three babies is very hard work.

taxing

You won't be asked to do anything too taxing.

difficult

It is difficult to read the sign from here.

tough

It was a tough decision but I think we made the right one.

painstaking

Police carried out a painstaking search of the area.

Opposites

easy

simple

effortless

undemanding

no bother

easy-peasy (slang)

2 (adjective) in the sense of strict

Definition

making rigorous or excessive demands

Our new manager has very exacting standards.

Synonyms

strict

French privacy laws are very strict.

severe

This was a dreadful crime and a severe sentence is necessary.

harsh

He said many harsh and unkind things.

stern

He said stern measures would be taken against the criminals.

rigid

Hospital routines for nurses are very rigid.

rigorous

rigorous military training

stringent

Its drug-testing procedures are the most stringent in the world.

oppressive

The new laws will be as oppressive as those they replace.

imperious

unsparing

He is unsparing in his criticism.

单词	exacting
释义	exacting (ɪgzæktɪŋ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] You use exacting to describe something or someone that demands hard work and a great deal of care. The Duke was not well enough to carry out such an exacting task. Privately they seem to have the same exacting standards. Synonyms: demanding, hard, taxing, difficult More Synonyms of exacting More Synonyms of exacting exacting in British English (ɪɡˈzæktɪŋ) adjective making rigorous or excessive demands an exacting job Derived forms exactingly (exˈactingly) adverb exactingness (exˈactingness) noun exacting in American English (ɛgˈzæktɪŋ; ɪgˈzæktɪŋ) adjective 1. making severe or excessive demands; not easily satisfied; strict an exacting teacher 2. demanding great care, patience, effort, etc.; arduous an exacting job SIMILAR WORDS: ˈonerous Derived forms exactingly (exˈactingly) adverb Examples of 'exacting' in a sentence exacting The parents and siblings of the summer school students will hopefully be less exacting. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Perhaps it represents the most exacting test of nerve in sport. Times, Sunday Times (2011) In part this is because of the exacting testing procedures new cars must go through. Times, Sunday Times (2012) We often have the most exacting standards for ourselves that no one else would dream of applying. O'Connor, Joseph & Seymour, John Training with N.L.P. (1994) She was renowned for her exacting standards. Times, Sunday Times (2014) He demands exacting workmanship of himself as well as of his men. Peter F. Drucker MANAGEMENT: task, responsibilities, practices (1974) This time, what little elimination process existed was considerably less exacting. Times, Sunday Times (2007) First they bought in other people's tackle and then began making their own to exacting standards. Times, Sunday Times (2012) I have high ambitions and an exacting eye for detail. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Both men are aware their boss is very demanding, extremely exacting and has already shown he has no interest in failure. The Sun (2008) An exacting eye for detail masks the lonely and sensitive nature of butler Mr Pritchard. The Sun (2010) The defending, though, would not have met his exacting standards. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Managers do not have to hold the hand of each new supplier as they are brought up to speed with the exacting demands of high-performance engineering. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Yet all this training, apparently, is still failing to produce referees who meet our exacting standards. Times, Sunday Times (2015) And the result doesn't just require immensely versatile singers, but a pit band that can carry out his exacting demands. Times, Sunday Times (2007) For instance, about a third of the fund is invested in Japan because the managers have found lots of companies there that meet their exacting requirements. Times, Sunday Times (2015) In other languages exacting British English: exacting ADJECTIVE You use exacting to describe something or someone that demands hard work and a great deal of care. He was not well enough to carry out such an exacting task. American English: exacting Brazilian Portuguese: exigente Chinese: 费劲的 European Spanish: exigente French: exigeant German: anspruchsvoll Italian: esigente Japanese: 骨の折れる Korean: 매우 힘든 European Portuguese: exigente Latin American Spanish: exigente 1 (adjective) in the sense of demanding Definition making rigorous or excessive demands He was not well enough to carry out such an exacting task. Synonyms demanding It is a demanding job. hard Coping with three babies is very hard work. taxing You won't be asked to do anything too taxing. difficult It is difficult to read the sign from here. tough It was a tough decision but I think we made the right one. painstaking Police carried out a painstaking search of the area. Opposites easy , simple , effortless , undemanding , no bother , easy-peasy (slang) 2 (adjective) in the sense of strict Definition making rigorous or excessive demands Our new manager has very exacting standards. Synonyms strict French privacy laws are very strict. severe This was a dreadful crime and a severe sentence is necessary. harsh He said many harsh and unkind things. stern He said stern measures would be taken against the criminals. rigid Hospital routines for nurses are very rigid. rigorous rigorous military training stringent Its drug-testing procedures are the most stringent in the world. oppressive The new laws will be as oppressive as those they replace. imperious unsparing He is unsparing in his criticism. Additional synonyms in the sense of difficult Definition not easy to do, understand, or solve It is difficult to read the sign from here. Synonyms hard, tough, taxing, demanding, challenging, painful, exacting, formidable, uphill, strenuous, problematic, arduous, onerous, laborious, burdensome, wearisome, no picnic (informal), toilsome, like getting blood out of a stone in the sense of hard Definition showing or requiring a lot of effort or application Coping with three babies is very hard work. Synonyms exhausting, tough, exacting, formidable, fatiguing, wearying, rigorous, uphill, gruelling, strenuous, arduous, laborious, burdensome, Herculean, backbreaking, toilsome in the sense of harsh Definition unkind and showing no understanding He said many harsh and unkind things. Synonyms hard, sharp, severe, bitter, cruel, stern, unpleasant, abusive, unkind, pitiless, unfeeling Nearby words of exacting evolve exacerbate exact exacting exaction exactitude exactly Related terms of exacting exact Synonyms of 'exacting' exacting Explore 'exacting' in the dictionary
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