• adj. 精確的；明確的；嚴格的

pre-,預先，-cis,剪，切，詞源同concise,excise.引申詞義精確的。

precise

precise: [16] Something that is precise is etymologically ‘cut off in front’. The word was acquired via French précis (subsequently borrowed as the noun précis ‘summary’ in the 18th century) from Latin praecīsus, an adjectival use of the past participle of praecīdere ‘shorten’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix prae- ‘in front’ and caedere ‘cut’ (source also of English concise, decide, excise, etc). The notion of being ‘shortened’ gradually slipped via ‘expressed shortly, leaving out extraneous matter’ to ‘exact’.
=> concise, decide, excise, précis

precise (adj.)

mid-15c., from Middle French précis "condensed, cut short" (14c.) and directly from Medieval Latin precisus, from Latin praecisus "abrupt, abridged, cut off," past participle of praecidere "to cut off, shorten," from prae "before" (see pre-) + caedere "to cut" (see -cide; for Latin vowel change, see acquisition). Related: Precisely (late 14c.).

1. Elgar supplied his works with precise indications of tempo.

埃爾加給自己的作品標上了精確的節(jié)奏標記。

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2. I seem to remember giving you very precise instructions.

我好像記得給過你非常明確的指示。

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3. Each motion must be delicate and precise, involving tiny movements.

每一個動作都必須小心、準確，一點點地移動。

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4. The precise details of the origins of life remain hidden.

生命起源的確切詳情仍是個謎。

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5. It was difficult to measure the precise impact of the labor action.

此次罷工影響幾何，難以作出準確的評估。

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