| 单词 | inaccuracy |
| 释义 | inaccuracy (once / 1203 pages) n Inaccuracy is the quality of having errors. A travel guide to Iowa's capital, Pearis, population 413, home of the Dallas Cowboys baseball team, would be plagued by inaccuracy. A typical book contains tens of thousands, sometimes hundreds of thousands of words (the Harry Potter series has more than a million). Every single one has to be checked to prevent inaccuracy, so publishers employ production editors, copy editors, fact checkers, and proofreaders to verify spelling, grammar, sense, logic, truth, and arithmetic. In school, "check your work" means look for — and correct — any inaccuracy. WORD FAMILYinaccuracy: inaccuracies+/accuracy: accuracies, inaccuracy/accurate: accuracy, accurately, accuratest, inaccurate/inaccurate: inaccurately USAGE EXAMPLESWhen we’re being criticized by someone who wants an apology, we automatically listen for the inaccuracies, distortions and exaggerations that will inevitably be there. Time(Dec 28, 2016) His sloppy mechanics caused inaccuracy and inconsistency every week. Seattle Times(Dec 18, 2016) Quarterback Blake Bortles was mostly a mess, his sloppy mechanics causing inaccuracy every week. The Guardian(Dec 18, 2016) n the quality of being inaccurate and having errors Ant|Hypo|Hyper accuracy, truth the quality of being near to the true value inexactitude, inexactness the quality of being inaccurate and having errors loosenessa lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice impreciseness, imprecisionthe quality of lacking precision quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone |
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