exactly
adverb OPAL S
/ɪɡˈzæktli/
/ɪɡˈzæktli/
Idioms - used to emphasize that something is correct in every way or in every detail
精确地；准确地；确切地 - It's exactly nine o'clock.
现在是九点整。 - It happened almost exactly a year ago.
这事情发生差不多正好一年了。 - Your answer is exactly right.
你的回答完全正确。 - It was a warm day, if not exactly hot.
这一天即使算不上热，也是一个暖和的日子。 - exactly how, what, why, etc… I know exactly how she felt.
我完全清楚她的感受。 - It's impossible to say exactly what happened.
很难说到底发生了什么。 - exactly as… Do exactly as I tell you.
严格按照我说的办。 - You haven't changed at all—you still look exactly the same.
你一点没变，看上去依然是老样子。 - His words had exactly the opposite effect.
他的话产生了截然相反的效果。
- It's exactly nine o'clock.
- (informal) used to ask for more information about something
（要求得到更多信息）究竟，到底 - Where exactly did you stay in France?
你究竟待在法国什么地方？ - (disapproving) Exactly what are you trying to tell me?
你到底想对我说什么？
- Where exactly did you stay in France?
- used as a reply, agreeing with what somebody has just said, or emphasizing that it is correct
（答语，表示赞同或强调正确）一点不错，正是如此，完全正确 - ‘You mean somebody in this room must be the murderer?’ ‘Exactly.’
“你的意思是这屋子里肯定有人是凶手？” “正是。”
- ‘You mean somebody in this room must be the murderer?’ ‘Exactly.’
Idioms
not exactly (informal)
- used when you are saying the opposite of what you really mean
（说反话时用）根本不，决不，一点也不 - He wasn't exactly pleased to see us—in fact he refused to open the door.
他根本不愿见我们，事实上他连门都不开。 - It's not exactly beautiful, is it? (= it's ugly)
这一点也不美，是吗？
- He wasn't exactly pleased to see us—in fact he refused to open the door.
- used when you are correcting something that somebody has said
（纠正对方刚说过的话）不完全 - ‘So he told you you'd got the job?’ ‘Not exactly, but he said they were impressed with me.’
“如此看来，他对你说你得到这份工作了？” “不完全是这样，不过他说我给他们留下了深刻的印象。”
- ‘So he told you you'd got the job?’ ‘Not exactly, but he said they were impressed with me.’