know the exact time the
incident occurred. If! SIT ft? V1f A
ffl. (tf) N"
|b] o 0 What
were his exact words? fife
'& ? 0 She’s in her mid-thirties—thirty-six
to be exact. 0
The colours were an exact match. M ® A1# i$L O He
started to phone me at the exact moment I started to phone him (= at the
same time). flfeHttaiaf&itN\
tfe IE 3f tin in fife tT ffl o 0 Her second husband was the exact
opposite of her first {= completely different).
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2 (of people A) very accurate and careful about details
M A EWI meticulous,
precise 3 (of a science $4^)
using accurate measurements and following set rules iff 3? lA H771
precise: Assessing insurance
risk can never be an exact science. &%&&&)l$Af4^o ► exact-ness noun [U]
■
verb [VN] ~ sth (from
sb) (formal) 1 to
demand and get sth from sb HA; A3A She was determined to exact a promise
from him. MiA;#;3Htfefbffliffl"8jo 2 to
make sth bad happen to sb ; ggit; ® A: Stress can exact a high price
from workers (= can affect them badly). HA A#ffl IBit Aftf/h 0
He exacted (= took) a terrible revenge for their treatment of
him.
A Jf # M jJP ® 4 0 ► exaction /ig'zaekjn/ noun [C, U] (format)
exacting /ig'zaektir)/ adj. needing or
demanding a lot of effort and care about details fflfE AfR[A A;
M EF
ffl A; ^ATf&A BOB demanding :
exacting work g A H # o products
designed to meet the exacting standards of today’s marketplace A #
4“ A 4^ Afelf Mi&ifAi^qn o
He was an exacting
man to work for. flfeM-fflT
AAf^® Ari£o
exac ti tude /ig'zaektitjuid; NAmE -tu:d/ noun [u] (formal) the quality of being
very accurate and exact f# S'I4; ?£
#14; r£M4
exactly 0-w /ig zaektli/ adv.
1
used to emphasize that sth
is correct in every way or in every detail ft {$ iffe; 7£ itfe; fift ffl life BEEl precisely: I know exactly how she felt. f^i^f^ftfeAliS ^o
0 Do exactly as I tell you. ® A A o 0 7t happened
almost exactly a year ago. Jtffelt^E^IE
%f—^To 0 It’s exactly
words had exactly the
opposite effect. fifeAM/^ATlKM 0
Your answer is exactly right, #VA 4: IE 51 o 0 It was a
warm day, if not exactly hot. M—A Hf„ 2 (informal) used to ask for more
information about sth ( fit ) A IS , fll jf& :
Where exactly did you stay in
) - wn, jEmuiit, you
mean somebody in this room
must be the murderer?’ ‘Exactly.’ ?’t “IE
JL ” rr»m not exactly (informal) 1 used
when you are saying the opposite of what you really mean (
B4
ffl ) jf H ^E; ^E; — ^E: He wasn’t exactly pleased
to see us—in fact he refused to open the door.
g^fife^HWHo o
It’s not
exactly beautiful, is it? (= it’s ugly) &
— Atfe'EH, M ? 2 used when you are
correcting sth that sb has said ( iH JEM#M & )
^Etp^:: ‘So he told you
you’d got the job?’ ‘Not
exactly, but he said they were impressed with me.’ “#Pilt#A, fifeMfft
#t? ”
ex-ag-ger-ate /ig'zaed30reit/ verb to make sth seem
larger, better, worse or more important than it really is ^A; [V]
The hotel was really filthy and I’m not exaggerating. $c A®Jffi0
o [VM] He tends to exaggerate the difficulties, ftfe fi H A A IS 0 0 I’m sure he exaggerates his
Irish accent (= tries to sound more Irish than he really is).
Hcft^ftfejCjifeAMA^P#
it o o Demand for the
product has been greatly exaggerated. mM/%nnAffA*4MAAA70
ex ag ger ated CHr /ig'zaed3areitid/ adj.
1 made to seem larger, better, worse or
more important than it really is or needs to be A; A A A; WM^^A: to
makegreatly/grossly/wildlyexaggerated claims $t ffl® AM A A^ln 0 She
has an exaggerated sense of her own importance, ftfe § ®Mi^io 2 (of an
action ff A) done in a way that makes people notice it A; A: He looked at
me with exaggerated surprise. ► exaggerated
ly adv.
ex-ag-geration /ig,zaed30'reijn/ noun
[C, usually sing., U] a statement or description that makes sth seem larger,
better, worse or more important than it really is; the
act of making a statement
like this A A A; WMA
: a slight/gross/wild
exaggeration
KLA^'jK 0 It would be an exaggeration to say I knew
her well—I only met her twice. 4$ # # 71? M ^E%WM
^
^ % R JE M M
W fK. o o
It’s no exaggeration to
say that most students
have never read a complete Shakespeare play. Spoilt
®
Mil — & M A ^ o O He told his story simply and without
exaggeration. M§
exalt /ig'zoilt/ verb [VN] (formal)
1 to make sb rise to a higher rank or position, sometimes to one that they do
not deserve mmmWfc
±)
2 to praise sb/sth very much ^ itiS
exalt ation /.egzoirteijn/ noun [U] (formal)
1 a feeling of very great joy or happiness AS; AiU AM 2 an act of raising sth/sb to a high
position or rank ® i&J; Wfj;
:
the exaltation of emotion above logical
reasoning
exalt ed /ig'zorltid/ adj. 1 (formal or humorous)
of high rank, position or great importance lA; ;
S
W : She was the only woman to rise to such an
exalted position. ❖
You’re moving in very exalted circles! iiilfflAf 1
2
(formal) full of great joy and
happiness ASfrA Ar^A^lA: I felt exalted and newly alive, ftmmfeji,
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exams
Exam is the usual word for a written, spoken or
practical test at school or college, especially an important one that you need
to do in order to get a qualification. Examination is a very formal word.
A test
is
something that students might be given in addition to, or sometimes instead of,
regular exams, to see how much they have learned. A very short informal test is
called a quiz
in
NAmE. Quiz in both NAmE and BrE also
means a contest in which people try to answer questions. * exam AUtfflisI,
examination Ji®IE^^isle test JtjmiES
Mo
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exam o-wr /ig'zaem/ (also formal exam-in-ation) noun 1 a formal written, spoken or practical
test, especially at school or college, to see how much you know about a
subject, or what you can do ( P ) #
M: to take an exam 0 to pass/fail an exam
0 an exam paper M# o I got my exam results
today.
$£4* A#i'J T „ o A lot of
students suffer from exam
nerves. 0
{BrE) I hate doing exams. ® Et A # )JP % M o 0 {BrE, formal) to sit an exam 0 (BrE) to mark an exam
O {NAmE) to grade an exam |$#i¥ ft 0 {BrE)