词汇精选：precise的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
adj.
准确的；确切的；精确的；明确的；清晰的
例句：
We must set ourselves precise sales targets for the coming year.
我们要为明年定出准确的销售指标。
例句：
His instructions were not very precise.
他的指示不太明确。
恰好的
例句：
It was found at the precise place where she had left it.
就在她丢下它的地方把它找到了。
例句：
At the precise moment that I put my foot on the step the bus started.
恰恰就在我登上公共汽车踏板的时候，车子开动了。
严格的；细致的；刻板的，拘泥的；一丝不苟的
例句：
We had precise orders to come home by nine o'clock.
我们得到严格的命令须于九点前回家。
例句：
He was very precise in his manners.
他的一言一行都有板有眼。
二、词义辨析：
accurate,exact,precise,right,true,correct
这些形容词均含“准确的，正确的”之意。accurate指通过谨慎的努力达到符合事实或实际，侧重不同程度的准确性，与事实无出入。exact着重在质与量方面的准确，语气比accurate强。precise侧重极端准确，更强调细节的精确无误。right使用广泛，可与这些词中的correct换用，但常暗示道德、理解、行动等方面的正确。true暗指绝对准确，尤指复制品与原件丝毫不差。correct最常用词，主要指按一定标准或规则来衡量，没有谬误和差错或无缺点错误。
三、相关短语：
to be precise
确切地讲
四、参考例句：
She gave me clear and precise directions.
她给了我清晰而准确的指示。
A lawyer needs a precise mind.
律师需要极清楚的头脑。
He is prim and precise in manner.
他的态度一本正经而严谨。
It was difficult to get precise information.
His instructions were not very precise.
他的指示不太明确。
He was very precise in his manners.
他的一言一行都有板有眼。
Could you give me your precise location?
你能给我你的精确位置吗？
Elgar supplied his works with precise indications of tempo.
埃尔加给自己的作品标上了精确的节奏标记。
These precise instruments have already gone into mass production.
这些精密仪器已经大规模投入生产。
I seem to remember giving you very precise instructions.
我好像记得给过你非常明确的指示。
