ex·act
adjective/ɪɡˈzækt/
/ɪɡˈzækt/
- correct in every detail
精确的；准确的 - The new palace is an exact replica of the original building.
新宫殿是原建筑一模一样的复制品。 - It is an exact copy of the original document.
它是原始文件的精确副本。 - The model is exact in every detail.
模型在每一个细节上都很精确。 - For now they are keeping the exact date and location of the wedding a secret.
目前他们对婚礼的确切日期和地点保密。 - The exact nature of her illness (= precisely what her illness is) has not been made public.
她的确切病情尚未公开。 - Her second husband was the exact opposite of her first (= completely different).
她的第二任丈夫与第一任截然不同。 - The colours were an almost exact match.
颜色几乎完全一致。 - She's in her mid-thirties—thirty-six to be exact.
她三十五岁左右，确切地说是三十六岁。 - (informal) I had the exact same problem as you when I first started.
刚开始的时候我和你有完全一样的问题。 - What were his exact words?
他的原话是什么？ - A clear definition requires very exact wording.
明确的定义需要非常精确的措辞。 - Nobody knows the exact number of people affected, but it is over 10 000.
没有人知道受影响的确切人数，但已经超过 10 万人。 - He started to phone me at the exact moment I started to phone him (= at the same time).
他给我拨电话时，我也正好在给他拨电话。
Extra Examples- We need to know the exact time the incident occurred.
我们需要知道事件发生的确切时间。 - She gave an exact description of the attacker.
她对袭击者进行了准确的描述。 - The two men were exact contemporaries at university.
这两个人在大学里是同一代人。
- The new palace is an exact replica of the original building.
- (of people) very accurate and careful about details
严谨的；严格的；一丝不苟的 - He was very exact about everything he did.
他对自己所做的一切都非常精确。
- He was very exact about everything he did.
- (of a science) using accurate measurements and following set rules
精密的；严密的 - Assessing insurance risk can never be an exact science.
估定承保的风险永远不会成为一门精确的科学。
- Assessing insurance risk can never be an exact science.
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): from Latin exact- ‘completed, ascertained, enforced’, from the verb exigere, from ex- ‘thoroughly’ + agere ‘perform’. The adjective dates from the mid 16th cent. and reflects the Latin exactus ‘precise’.