摘要:"I still owe you £7, don't I?" "Actually, it's £7.30 to be exact." (“我还欠你7英镑,不是吗?”“实际上,确切地说,是7.30英镑。”)[剑桥高级学者辞典]
to be exact用于表达以稍微不同的方式或更详细的方式说某事,以使其完全正确,如
【例句1】"I still owe you £7, don't I?" "Actually, it's £7.30 to be exact." (“我还欠你7英镑,不是吗?”“实际上,确切地说,是7.30英镑。”)[剑桥高级学者辞典]
【例句2】I arrived for the meeting a little early - half an hour early to be exact. (我来开会有点早——确切地说,早了半个小时。)[剑桥高级学者辞典]
【例句3】She's in her mid-thirties—thirty-six to be exact. (她三十多岁了,确切地说是三十六岁。) [牛津高级学者辞典]
【例句4】She has worked at the bank for many years, nine to be exact. (她在银行工作了很多年,确切地说是九年。) [朗文当代英语辞典]
也可以在句子中间作插入语,如
【例句5】A small number–five, to be exact–have been bad. (少数人——确切地说,五个人——表现不佳。) [柯林斯高级学者词典]
【例句6】I consider myself to be a liberal democrat, or to be more exact, a democratic liberal. (我认为自己是一名自由民主党人,或者更确切地说,是一名民主自由主义者。 )[柯林斯高级学者词典]
放在中间做插入语的表达习惯,更接近汉语。也许汉语是英语的归途。
来源:思远教育