in exact terms; without vagueness 准确地,精确地;毫不含糊地 the guidelines are precisely defined. 指导原则规定得很明确。 ■exactly (used to emphasize the complete accuracy or truth of a statement) 准确地,正好 at 2.00 precisely, the phone rang. 电话铃在两点整响起。 kids will love it precisely because it will irritate their parents. 孩子们喜欢它就是因为它会惹父母生气。 ■used as a reply to assert emphatic agreement with or confirmation of a statement (表同意或证实)正是,是的 ‘You mean it was a conspiracy?’ ‘Precisely.’. “你说这是阴谋?”“正是。”。