| 单词 | imprecise |
| 释义 | imprecise (once / 37285 pages) adj If you’re being imprecise, you’re not being exact. If you try to draw a perfect circle with your eyes closed, your drawing will probably be imprecise. One field where imprecise measurements can turn out to be troublesome is cooking. If you add an imprecise amount of flour into pizza dough, you will either get a crumbly, floury mess that won't stick together, or a big, gooey glob of dough that you can't roll out into a flat crust. Either way, your pizza will not turn out very well, and you might want to remeasure or order from the local pizza place! WORD FAMILYimprecise: imprecisely, impreciseness+/precise: imprecise, precisely, preciseness, preciser, precisest/preciseness: precisenesses USAGE EXAMPLESIt was all field goals in the second half — and some more imprecise throws by Manning. Los Angeles Times(Dec 22, 2016) In particular, the electrical field is imprecise and seems to have stimulated large portions of the hippocampus in the rats. Nature(Nov 21, 2016) The roots of this problem stem from imprecise regulations further complicated by a piecemeal approach to governance.” Washington Post(Nov 15, 2016) adj not precise imprecise astronomical observations the terms he used were imprecise and emotional Syn|Ant inaccurate not exact inexactnot exact generalapplying to all or most members of a category or group generalsomewhat indefinite precise sharply exact or accurate or delimited accurateconforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy distincteasy to perceive; especially clearly outlined exactmarked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact specific(sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique deadunerringly accurate fineminutely precise especially in differences in meaning finespun, hairsplittingdeveloped in excessively fine detail meticulous, punctiliousmarked by precise accordance with details microscopicextremely precise with great attention to details nice, skillfuldone with delicacy and skill on the button, on the nosebeing precise with regard to a prescribed or specified criterion veryprecisely as stated |
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