2025年6月10日 星期二

précis, exact (CORRECT), poetic licence. license suspended amid 'animal welfare concerns'

Colchester cat café had license suspended amid 'animal welfare concerns'
科爾切斯特貓咪咖啡館因“動物福利問題”被吊銷執照

"Hemingway Book Club of Kosoi'o the Sea and find the passage I want. "Remember this? The old man says `It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact"


詩人有其特權(poetic licence),高興怎麼寫就怎麼寫。
poetic licence noun [C]
when a poet or writer changes particular facts and rules to make the story they are telling more interesting or effective:
She used a fair amount of poetic licence when describing her life in rural France.


précis C] n. (pl. ~) 大意, 概略, 摘要.
━━ vt. …の大意を書く.
a short form of a text which briefly gives only the important parts:
You have all been given a précis of the report.

précis 
verb [T]
If I may précis the president's words - "This country will never give in to terrorism."

exact (CORRECT)
adjective
in great detail, or complete, correct or true in every way; precise:
The exact distance is 1.838 metres.
The exact time of the accident was 2.43 pm.
"I still owe you £7, don't I?" "Actually, it's £7.30 to be exact."
The exact location of the factory has yet to be decided.
Unlike astronomy, astrology cannot be described as an exact science.

exactly 
adverb
1 used when you are giving or asking for information that is completely correct:
The journey took exactly three hours.
That'll be £15 exactly, please.
It tastes exactly the same as the real thing, but has half the fat.
The town centre looks exactly as it did when it was built in 1877.
He's not exactly (= not what I would describe as) good-looking, but he has a certain attraction.
"So you gave her your Walkman?" "Not exactly (= That is not completely true), I lent it to her."
"What you seem to be saying is that more should be invested in the road system and less in the railways." "Exactly (= That is completely correct)."

2 used to emphasize what you are saying:
Do exactly what I tell you and no-one will get hurt!
Exactly how do you propose to achieve this?
What exactly do you mean?

exactness
noun [U] (FORMAL exactitude)

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