ac‧cu‧rate S2 W3 AC / ækjərət, ækjʊrət / 形容词

1 information correct and true in every detail 反义词 inaccurate :

The brochure tries to give a fair and accurate description of each hotel.

fairly/reasonably accurate

Police believe Derek gave a reasonably accurate account of what happened.

not strictly/entirely/completely accurate

The evidence she gave to the court was not strictly accurate (= not exactly accurate ) .

2 measurement measured or calculated correctly 反义词 inaccurate :

It is difficult to get accurate figures on population numbers.

3 machine a machine that is accurate is able to do something in an exact way without making a mistake :

The cutter is accurate to within ½ a millimetre.

4 well-aimed an accurate shot, throw etc succeeds in hitting or reaching the thing that it is intended to hit :

an accurate shot

accurate bowling

— accurately 副词 :

It’s impossible to predict the weather accurately.