precise

precise

意味(日本語)

精密な、(短く切る) ◇pre(=before 前の方) = 端を切り捨てる

語源

意味(英語)

  • (adjective) Clearly expressed or delineated; definite: The victim gave a precise description of the suspect.
  • (adjective) Exact, as in performance, execution, or amount; accurate or correct: a precise measurement; a precise instrument.
  • (adjective) Strictly distinguished from others; very: at that precise moment.
  • (adjective) Distinct and correct in sound or meaning: precise pronunciation; precise prose.
  • (adjective) Conforming strictly to rule or proper form: "The setting up of this Maypole was a lamentable spectacle to the precise separatists that lived at New Plymouth” ( Thomas Morton).

例文

  • Both defended the right of Israel to exist, both condemned the violence, but Benedict XVI spoke in precise terms of the Two States; he even said that the security barrier is unacceptable and that Jerusalem has to be the capital of both States.

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homicide

homicide

殺人 ◇homo(=人)、hum+cid

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incise

incise

切り込む ◇cut in

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【広告】

chisel

chisel

のみ(で削る) ◇-el(=小)

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incision

incision

切り込むこと、切開

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circumcise

circumcise

割礼する、包皮 ◇circum(=輪)を切る

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incisive

incisive

鋭利な、痛切な

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circumcision

circumcision

割礼

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indecisive

indecisive

不決断の ◇in(=not)

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concise

concise

簡明な ◇con(=with) = 短く切る、きっぱり切った)

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infanticide

infanticide

幼児殺し ◇infant(=幼児)

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【広告】

concision

concision

簡潔さ、無駄の無さ、(古)切断

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matricide

matricide

母殺し ◇L.mater(=母)

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decide

decide

決定する ◇de(=off) = 雑念をcut offする

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parricide

parricide

親殺し ◇L.parri(=parents)

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decided

decided

決意の固い、決心した

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patricide

patricide

父殺し ◇L.pater(=父)

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decidedly

decidedly

断固として

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pesticide

pesticide

殺虫剤 ◇L.pestis(=疫病)

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【広告】

decision

decision

決心

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precisely

precisely

正確に

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decisive

decisive

決定的な

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precisian

precisian

(特に宗教上で)几帳面な人 ◇-ian(=人)

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excise

excise

削除する ◇ex(=out)

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precision

precision

精密

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excision

excision

削除、除去

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scissors

scissors

はさみ ◇切る+-or(=…するもの)

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【広告】

fratricide

fratricide

兄弟殺し ◇L.frater(=兄弟)

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suicide

suicide

自殺 ◇sui(=self 自ら)

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genocide

genocide

計画的大量虐殺、民族根絶

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