precisely
adv
1
(a) exactly; just 精确地; 恰好
at 2 o'clock precisely 正好在两点钟
I can't remember precisely what happened. 我记不准所发生的事情了.
That is precisely what I mean. 那正是我的意思.
The two accounts are precisely the same. 这两种说法如出一辙.
(b) in a precise(2) manner; carefully 精确地; 细心地
He enunciated the words very precisely. 他吐字非常清楚.
2 (used to express agreement with a statement and often to suggest that it states the obvious 用以表示同意并常含有当然如此之意) you are right; quite so 对; 的确如此
`But if the delivery is late, we will lose the order!' `Precisely.' `可要是不能如期交货, 我们就要失去这笔生意!'`的确如此.'
Thus one simple fact, a change in the number of bison, had an effect on the whole wildlife chain of the plains.
因此,出现了这样一个简单的事实--野牛数目换的变化对平原的整个野生生物链都产生了影响。
Twelve days later, millions more Indians lined the railway tracks as a slow train took the jar containing his ashes 584 kilometres to a place by the river.