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单词 over-exacting
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over-exactingadj.

Brit. /ˌəʊv(ə)rᵻɡˈzaktɪŋ/, /ˌəʊv(ə)rɛɡˈzaktɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊvərɪɡˈzæktɪŋ/, /ˈˌoʊvərɛɡˈzæktɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, exacting adj.
Etymology: < over- prefix + exacting adj.
Excessively exacting, demanding, or punctilious.
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1705 J. Collier Suppl. Great Dict. at Ambrosius de Camaldoli His studious Temper did not make him Morose or Unpolish'd; neither did the Strictness and Piety of his own Life, make him censorious and over-exacting from other People.
1864 Times 26 Mar. 9/5 It would be somewhat over-exacting to ask him for a third.
1921 Science 17 June 545/2 The crushing out of scientific enthusiasm in really able young mathematicians by an unsympathetic or over-exacting environment.
2000 P. Neville Appeasing Hitler 174 Henderson could be an awkward colleague, being both a querulous subordinate and an overexacting boss.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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