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- not approximated in any way; precise确切的：
the exact details were still being worked out.
确切的详情仍在研判中。
1.1
- accurate or correct in all details准确的, 精确的：
an exact replica, two feet tall, was constructed.
一个两英尺高的精确复制品被建造了起来。
1.2
- (of a person) tending to be accurate and careful about minor details（人）严谨的：
she was an exact, clever manager.
她是一个一丝不苟的、聪明的经理。
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- (of a subject of study) permitting precise or absolute measurements as a basis for rigorously testable theories（研究课题）严密的：
psychomedicine isn't an exact science yet.
心理医学还不是一门非常严密的科学。
with obj.
1- demand and obtain (something, especially a payment) from someone强索; 强要（某物, 尤指付款）：
tributes exacted from the Slav peoples
向斯拉夫各民族强行索要来的贡品
William's advisers exacted an oath of obedience from the clergy.
威廉的顾问们强迫牧师发誓服从。
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- inflict (revenge) on someone强行（报复）：
a frustrated woman bent on exacting a cruel revenge for his rejection.
一个因为遭到拒绝而决心对他进行残酷报复的失意女子。
派生词
exactable
adjectiveexactitude
nounexactness
nounexactor
noun词源
late 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'.