1 ADV-GRADED [ADVERB with verb] 精确地;准确地 Precisely means accurately and exactly. 精确地;准确地
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Nobody knows precisely how many people are still living in the camp.
没有人确切知道还有多少人仍住在露营地。
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The meeting began at precisely 4.00 p.m.
会议于下午4点整开始。
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Breakfast television arrived in British life precisely a decade ago.
准确地说,早间电视节目于10年前进入英国人的生活。
SYN exactly, bang on, squarely, correctly
2 ADV-GRADED 正好,恰恰,确实地(表示强调) You can use precisely to emphasize that a reason or fact is the only important one there is, or that it is obvious. 正好,恰恰,确实地(表示强调) [emphasis]
3 ADV [as reply] 确实如此;一点没错 You can say 'precisely' to confirm in an emphatic way that what someone has just said is true. 确实如此;一点没错 [emphasis]
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