exacting

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exacting — 形容詞

  • exactingpositive
  • more exactingcomparative
  • most exactingsuperlative

1. requiring a great amount of effort, careful attention, and high standards of acc

1.形容詞B2
釋義

嚴苛；費心

要求極高且注重細節

requiring a great amount of effort, careful attention, and high standards of accuracy or quality — used to describe a task, standard, job, or set of conditions that leave little room for error or shortcuts.

例句

Professor Okafor gave her students an exacting assignment that required weeks of library research.

Okafor 教授給學生出了一份嚴苛的作業，需要好幾週的圖書館研究才能完成。

exacting + assignment / task

The chef's exacting standards meant every plate was checked before leaving the kitchen.

主廚的嚴苛標準意味著每道菜在離開廚房前都要經過檢查。

exacting standards

常見搭配
  • exacting standards
  • exacting task
  • exacting work
  • exacting conditions
  • exacting requirements
  • exacting in one's methods
同義詞
  • demanding

    More general; implies requiring effort but not necessarily precision. 'Exacting' adds the nuance of detail-orientation.

  • rigorous

    Emphasises strictness and thoroughness; common in academic and scientific contexts.

  • stringent

    Emphasises strict rules or limits; used for regulations, standards, or controls.

  • painstaking

    Describes the care taken by a person rather than the nature of the task itself.

反義詞
  • undemanding

    Requiring little effort or attention.

  • lenient

    Applied to standards or rules that are not strict.

用法筆記

More formal than 'demanding'. Frequently used with nouns like standard, requirement, task, work, condition, or test. Often implies precision and attention to detail rather than just physical effort.

常見錯誤

My teacher is very exacting with us, she gives us a lot of homework.
My teacher is very demanding with us, she gives us a lot of homework.
'exacting' focuses on precision and detail, not just quantity of work.
The exacting job paid very well.
The demanding job paid very well.
'exacting' specifically implies attention to detail and high accuracy; for a job that is hard because of long hours or physical labour, use 'demanding'.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • exacting standards
  • exacting task
  • exacting work
  • exacting conditions
  • exacting requirements
  • exacting demands
  • exacting criteria
  • exacting precision

副詞搭配

  • extremely exacting
  • particularly exacting
  • technically exacting
  • physically exacting
  • emotionally exacting
  • notoriously exacting

常用片語

  • known for being exacting
  • under exacting conditions
  • with exacting attention to detail
  • meet exacting standards

介系詞搭配

  • exacting in (one's methods / approach / standards)