| 单词 | exacting |
| 释义 | exacting (once / 1393 pages) 1adj 2adj Use the adjective exacting to describe something or someone very precise or strict in its requirements. If your teacher has exacting standards about spelling and punctuation, you better carefully check your final paper. An exacting person expects things to be, well, exact. For this reason, demanding is a good synonym. Friends who are exacting might let you have it if you show up a minute or two late. Some exacting people are extremely selective about what they eat, rejecting anything that doesn't meet their complicated standards of nutrition and taste. WORD FAMILYexacting: unexacting+/exact: exacted, exacter, exactest, exacting, exactingly, exaction, exactly, exactness, exacts, inexact/exaction: exactions/exactly: exactlys/exactness: exactnesses/inexact: inexactest, inexactly, inexactness/inexactness: inexactnesses/unexacting: unexactingly USAGE EXAMPLESIntense, exacting, tending to examine his subjects through multiple perspectives, Mr. Larraín is considered one of the most interesting and daring filmmakers in Chile. New York Times(Dec 15, 2016) With her exacting, thoughtful instructions, Ms. Greenspan anticipates pitfalls and leads you deftly around them. New York Times(Dec 06, 2016) Her just-so bouffant, her blood-soaked pink suit and even the curvature of her eyebrows are an exacting approximation of the First Lady’s. Time(Dec 02, 2016) 1 1adj severe and unremitting in making demands an exacting instructor Syn stern, strict demanding requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill 2adj requiring precise accuracy 2an exacting job Syn exigent demanding requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill adj having complicated nutritional requirements; especially growing only in special artificial cultures certain highly specialized xerophytes are extremely exacting in their requirements Syn|Ant fastidious unfastidious not exacting in nutritional requirements |
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