Exact



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• adj. 精确的; v.强求, 强索付款
• ［英］ adj. 精确的 ( correct in every detail) 款
• ［类］ 反义词: forgive ( 宽免)
• ［记］ ex ( 出) +act ( 行动, 做) -> ( 要求) 做出来 -> 精确的

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb

• Etymology: Middle English, to require as payment, from Latin exactus, past participle of exigere to drive out, demand, measure, from ex- + agere to drive — more at agent
• Date: 1564
• 1. to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain <from them has been exacted the ultimate sacrifice — D. D. Eisenhower>
• 2. to call for as necessary or desirable
• Synonyms: see demand
• ? exactable adjective
• ? exactor also exacter noun

II. adjective

• Etymology: Latin exactus
• Date: 1533
• 1. exhibiting or marked by strict, particular, and complete accordance with fact or a standard
• 2. marked by thorough consideration or minute measurement of small factual details
• Synonyms: see correct
• ? exactness noun

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