| 单词 | inexact |
| 释义 | inexact (once / 14379 pages) adj Something inexact is vague or not quite correct. If a doctor gives you an inexact diagnosis, you might want to see a specialist for a more specific opinion. When a poem's translation from one language to another is inexact, a lot of the original meaning can be lost. Some things, like weather prediction, simply have to be inexact — you could call meteorology, or the study of weather patterns, an "inexact science." The Latin root is exactus, "precise or accurate," with the added prefix in-, or "not." WORD FAMILYinexact: inexactest, inexactly, inexactness+/exact: exacted, exacter, exactest, exacting, exactingly, exaction, exactly, exactness, exacts, inexact/exacting: unexacting/exaction: exactions/exactly: exactlys/exactness: exactnesses/inexactness: inexactnesses/unexacting: unexactingly USAGE EXAMPLESThe parallels to subprime mortgage lending are inexact; the mortgage market, for example, dwarfs auto lending. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) We add this caveat: exit polling is notoriously inexact, and should not be mistaken for actual results. The Guardian(Nov 08, 2016) The Argonne researchers are exploring ideas put forward by Dr. Palem, who in 2003 first proposed an idea he described as “inexact computing.” New York Times(Oct 30, 2016) adj not exact Syn|Ant inaccurate not exact approximate, approximative, roughnot quite exact or correct free, liberal, loosenot literal oddan indefinite quantity more than that specified round(mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand imprecisenot precise exact marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact accurateconforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy direct, verbatimin precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker literalwithout interpretation or embellishment mathematicalcharacterized by the exactness or precision of mathematics perfectprecisely accurate or exact photographicrepresenting people or nature with the exactness and fidelity of a photograph rigorous, strictrigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard literallimited to the explicit meaning of a word or text perfectbeing complete of its kind and without defect or blemish precisesharply exact or accurate or delimited |
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