1 ADJ-GRADED （信息、测量、数据或仪器等）精确的，准确的 Accurate information, measurements, and statistics are correct to a very detailed level. An accurate instrument is able to give you information of this kind. （信息、测量、数据或仪器等）精确的，准确的
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Police have stressed that this is the most accurate description of the killer to date.
警方强调这是迄今对凶手最精确的描述。
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This may provide a quick and accurate way of monitoring the amount of carbon dioxide in the air.
这也许能提供一个监测空气中二氧化碳含量的既快又准的方法。
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Quartz timepieces are very accurate, to a minute or two per year.
石英钟表走时非常准，年误差仅为一两分钟。
SYN precise, right, close, nice
2 ADJ-GRADED （说法、描述）确切的，恰当的 An accurate statement or account gives a true or fair judgment of something. （说法、描述）确切的，恰当的
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I think it may take sometime before we can have an accurate assessment of the damage.
我认为我们对损失作出准确的估算可能需要一段时间。
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They were accurate in their prediction that he would change her life drastically.
他们预测得没错，他使她的生活发生了翻天覆地的变化。
3 ADJ-GRADED （行动、模仿）正确的，到位的 You can use accurate to describe the results of someone's actions when they do or copy something correctly or exactly. （行动、模仿）正确的，到位的
4 ADJ-GRADED （武器、投掷）精准的；（人）射击（或投掷）准的 An accurate weapon or throw reaches the exact point or target that it was intended to reach. You can also describe a person as accurate if they fire a weapon or throw something in this way. （武器、投掷）精准的；（人）射击（或投掷）准的
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The rifle was extremely accurate.
这把步枪准头极高。
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The pilots, however, were not as accurate as they should be.
然而飞行员并不像他们该达到的水平那样精准。
SYN on target, exact, precise, deadly
| Thesaurus | accurate Also look up: |
| ADJ. | correct, precise, rigorous 1 3 right, true; (ant.) inaccurate 2 |
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