Inexact
“Inexact” 意为“不精确的”。
- 不够准确：指信息、数据或测量结果与实际情况有出入。
- 模糊的：形容表达或定义不够严谨，容易产生误解。
- “Economics is often called an inexact science.” (经济学常被称为一门不精确的科学。)
- “The initial reports of the accident were inexact and confusing.” (关于事故的最初报道是不确切且混乱的。)
- “The measurements he took were too inexact for such a delicate task.” (他进行的测量对于如此精细的任务来说太不精确了。)
- 词根：exact (源自拉丁语 exactus，意为精确、经过仔细权衡的)。
- 前缀：in- (表示否定)。
- 前缀：in- (不)。
- 基础词：exact (准确的)。
在学术和科学语境中，“inexact science” 是一个常用术语。与物理、数学等“精确科学”（exact sciences）不同，像心理学、经济学、社会学等涉及复杂人为因素的学科，往往被认为具有更多的“inexactness”，因为很难给出绝对精确的预测。
- 名词形式: inexactness (不精确), inexactitude (不精确性)
- 副词形式: inexactly (不精确地)
in (不) + exact (准确)。这是一个非常直接的反义前缀词。如果你已经熟悉 exact，那么 inexact 就很容易掌握。
“The map was old and inexact, drawn by someone who hadn’t visited the valley in decades. It showed a river where there was now a road, and a forest where there was a village. The travelers realized they needed to rely on their own eyes rather than the faded lines of the paper.” (这张地图又旧又不准确，是由一个几十年没去过那个山谷的人画的。它显示的地方现在是一条路，原本是森林的地方现在是一个村庄。旅行者意识到，他们需要依靠自己的眼睛，而不是纸上那些褪色的线条。)