| 单词 | accurate |
| 释义 | accurateaccurate /ˈækyərɪt/ ●●● S3 W2 AWL adjective 1correct and true in every detail OPP inaccurate: Tom was able to give the police an accurate description of the gunman. The evidence she gave to the court was not entirely accurate.► see thesaurus at right12measured, calculated, or recorded correctly OPP inaccurate: Better equipment is needed to produce accurate results. It is difficult to get accurate figures on population numbers.3a machine that is accurate is able to do something in an exact way without making a mistake: The cutter is accurate to within 0.5 of a millimeter.4an accurate shot, throw, etc. succeeds in hitting or reaching the thing that it is intended to hit: Rubens made an accurate throw to first base. [Origin: 1500–1600 Latin, past participle of accurare to take care of, from ad- to + cura care]—accurately adverb: It’s impossible to predict the weather accurately.COLLOCATIONS– Meanings 1 & 2nounsaccurate information/data/figures The Internet cannot always be trusted to give you accurate information.an accurate measurement/count Make sure that all your measurements are accurate. There must be an accurate count of the votes.an accurate description/picture/representation The book gives an accurate picture of life in small-town America.an accurate record/account The company has to keep accurate records of all its sales.an accurate way/method A meat thermometer is an accurate way of telling whether meat is cooked enough.an accurate estimate/prediction Soon, doctors will be able to use genetic tests to make accurate predictions about which illnesses someone will suffer from.an accurate diagnosis It is impossible to make an accurate diagnosis without examining the patient.an accurate assessment Do you think the report presents an accurate assessment of the situation?accurate results Experiments using lasers give very accurate results.an accurate portrayal/reflection The poll is an accurate reflection of public opinion.adverbshighly accurate (=very accurate) The engineers used a highly accurate measuring system.fairly/reasonably/pretty accurate The witness was able to give a fairly accurate account of what had happened during the robbery.not completely/entirely accurate The evidence she gave to the court was not entirely accurate.scientifically/technically/statistically accurate The DNA test provides a scientifically accurate way of knowing which bacteria are causing the infection.historically accurate (=exactly like something that existed in the past) The costumes in the movie were historically accurate.remarkably accurate Their estimate of the increase in the amount of traffic has proved remarkably accurate.factually accurate (=all the facts are accurate) The information is checked in order to make sure that it is factually accurate.broadly accurate (=mostly accurate) His account is broadly accurate.verbsprove accurate formal (=be shown to be accurate) The scientists’ forecasts about climate change have proved accurate. |
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