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单词 exacting
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exactingn.

Brit. /ᵻɡˈzaktɪŋ/, /ɛɡˈzaktɪŋ/, U.S. /ɪɡˈzæktɪŋ/, /ɛɡˈzæktɪŋ/
Etymology: < exact v. + -ing suffix1.
The action of exact v.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun] > compelling the fulfilment or performance of
enforcement1609
exacting1666
exaction1674
exactment1808
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 537 Disguise shall by th'disguised Pay with falshood, false exacting . View more context for this quotation
1666 R. South Serm. preached at Lambeth-Chappel 9 By a vigilant exacting from them [sc. teachers]..the instruction of their respective Flocks.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

exactingadj.

Brit. /ᵻɡˈzaktɪŋ/, /ɛɡˈzaktɪŋ/, U.S. /ɪɡˈzæktɪŋ/, /ɛɡˈzæktɪŋ/
Etymology: < exact v. + -ing suffix2.
That exacts, in senses of the verb.
1. That collects taxes. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > tax collection > [adjective]
exactinga1618
a1618 W. Raleigh Prerogatiue Parl. (1628) 9 Hee called all his exacting officers to accompt.
2. That demands excessive payment, extortionate.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [adjective]
writhinga1529
torcenous1532
bloodsucking1548
racking1576
exacting1583
extorting1598
extortious1607
sharking1608
wringing1620
exactious1630
extortionizing1630
extortionable1632
extortioninga1641
extortionous1644
extortive1646
screwing1647
extracting1654
hirudinous1654
rack-renting1779
extortionate1789
extortionary1805
1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. M1v If he for the execution therof shuld aske me more..than we agreed for, were not this man a naughtie, exacting, and fraudulent felowe?
3. Of persons, their feelings, temper, etc.: That requires or is disposed to require too great advantages, exertions, or sacrifices.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or exacting
importunea1425
importunate1490
exacting1635
society > authority > strictness > [adjective] > exacting
exigeant1789
exigent1790
exactive1822
exacting1847
sweaty1919
ball-busting1978
1635 W. Habington Castara (ed. 2) ii. 162 Set At liberty by death thou owest no debt T' exacting Nature.
1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xl. 407 Mrs. Skewton..was in the irresolute, exacting, jealous temper that had developed itself on her recovery.
1873 W. Black Princess of Thule ix. 138 You are naturally jealous and exacting.
1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. i. 4 All the exacting ideas of early youth in relation to love and lovers.
absolute.1861 H. Bushnell Christian Nurture ii. v. 310 There is a great difference between..the exact and the exacting.1868 W. Peard Pract. Water-farming xi. 115 The returns shall..satisfy the most exacting.

Derivatives

eˈxactingly adv. in an exacting manner.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > strictness > [adverb] > in exacting manner
exigently1832
exactingly1849
the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adverb] > in an exacting manner
importunately1561
exactingly1849
1849 Literary World (N.Y.) 7 July 4 It [sc. truth] applies to particulars as exactingly as to generals.
eˈxactingness n. the quality of being exacting.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > strictness > [noun] > exactingness
exactiveness1628
exigence1839
exactingness1866
the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [noun] > quality of being difficult or exacting
exactiveness1628
rigours1861
exactingness1866
demandingness1930
1866 Contemp. Rev. 2 188 A sensitiveness about his own position..which might have turned to jealous exactingness.
1889 J. Morley Walpole 107 The boundless activity and exactingness of a reformed House of Commons.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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