1 clear and accurate 明确的;精确的;确切的:
precise details/instructions/measurements确切的细节;明确的指示;精确的尺寸He's in his forties -- well, forty-four, to be precise.他四十多岁─嗯,确切地说,四十四岁。She couldn't be very precise about what her attacker was wearing.她无法十分确切描述袭击她的人的衣着。 [OPP] imprecise 反义词为imprecise
2 (only before a noun 只用于名词前) exact; particular 恰好的;特定的:
I'm sorry. I can't come just at this precise moment.对不起,恰好这个时候我不能来。
3 (used about a person) taking care to get small details right (指人)一丝不苟的:
He's very precise about his work.他对工作一丝不苟。
precise/prIˋsaIs; prIˈsaIs/adj 1 precise information, details etc are exact, clear, and correct〔信息﹑细节等〕精确的﹐准确的: We don’t yet have precise details of the agreement. 我们还没有这份协议的确切细节。2 to be precise used to add exact details about something 确切地说: It's 9 o’clock, or 9.02 to be precise. 现在9点,确切地说是9点零2分。3 [only before noun 仅用于名词前] used to emphasize that you are talking about an exact thing 确切的﹔恰好的: No one seems to know the precise cause of the illness. 似乎没有人了解这种病的确切病因。At that precise moment, her husband walked in. 恰好在这时﹐她丈夫走了进来。