strictly/ˋstrIktlI; ˈstrIktli/adv 1 strictly prohibited/forbidden definitely not allowed 严格禁止的: Smoking is strictly forbidden. 严禁吸烟。2 in a strict way 严格地: The children were brought up very strictly. 这些孩子教养非常严格。3 exactly and correctly 严谨地﹐精确地: That's not strictly true . 那并不完全正确。strictly speaking (=used when you are explaining something in a very exact way) 严格地说 Strictly speaking, spiders are not insects. 严格地说﹐蜘蛛不是昆虫。4 only for one purpose or one person 只限于〔一个目的或一个人〕: Our meeting was strictly for business. 我们开会只谈公事。