accurate

• adj. 精確的

前綴ac-同ad-. cure, 關心，照料。指用心使精確。

accurate

accurate: [16] ‘Accuracy’ is connected with ‘curing’, in the sense not of ‘making better’ but of ‘looking after’ – as in ‘the cure of souls’. The adjective comes from Latin accūrātus ‘done carefully’, which in turn derived from a verb (cūrāre ‘care for’) formed from the noun cūra ‘care’ (other English words from this source are curate, curious, procure, and secure). The notion of doing something carefully led on naturally to the notion of exactness.
=> curate, curious, procure, secure

accurate (adj.)

1610s, "done with care," from Latin accuratus "prepared with care, exact, elaborate," past participle of accurare "take care of," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + curare "take care of" (see cure (n.1)). The notion of doing something carefully led to that of being exact (1650s). Related: Accurately; accurateness.

1. Schools were told their exam information had to be spot-on and accurate.

各學校接到通知，要求考試信息必須準確無誤。

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2. Her description of the nature and action of poisons is amazingly accurate.

他對一些毒藥的性質和作用的描述驚人地準確。

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3. I work very efficiently and am decisive, and accurate in my judgement.

我工作非常有效率，處事果斷，而且判斷準確。

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4. Broadcast news was accurate and reliable but deadly dull.

新聞廣播準確可靠但卻非常枯燥。

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5. Some pulsars keep time better than the earth's most accurate clocks.

某些脈衝星發送脈衝比地球上最精確的時鍾都準時。

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