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单词 strict
释义 strict
\ˈstrikt\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: Latin strictus, past participle of stringere to draw tight, press together — more at strain
1. : particularly severe in requirement : permitting no evasion
 < had always been under the strictest orders not to enter — T.B.Costain >
 < the only court in equity capable of overruling strict law — Henry Adams >
2. : maintained absolutely without deviation : complete, thorough
 < had been meeting his two friends only in strict secrecy — Upton Sinclair >
 < occupy the position of strict neutrality — E.M.Coulter >
3. archaic : drawn close : tight
 < she wildly breaketh from their strict embrace — Shakespeare >
4.
 a. botany : of upright erect habit
  < a strict stem or plant >
  : being straight and not lax or drooping
  < a strict inflorescence >
 b. biology : obligate
5. : rigorous in exercising control : severely disciplinary
 < though strict in some ways she had shown herself unexpectedly lenient in others — Archibald Marshall >
6.
 a. archaic : compressed in extent : constricted, narrow
 b. : closely restricted
  < remained in strict custody >
7. archaic : close, intimate
 < there never was a more strict friendship — Richard Steele >
8. : inflexibly adhered to : firmly maintained
 < demanded stricter discipline — E.W.Parks >
 < held his pupils under strict control — L.M.Crosbie >
 < congestion … makes strict supervision of speed imperative — American Guide Series: Rhode Island >
9. : characterized by severityt : rigorously austere
 < aren't half so strict now about mourning as they used to be — Arnold Bennett >
10. : completely accurate : exact, precise
 < in the strict sense of the word every writer … deals with life — M.R.Cohen >
 < aim at strict historical accuracy — G.G.Coulton >
11. : conforming closely to a set pattern : adhering rigidly to a conventionally fixed norm
 < a development of several centuries into a strict form — T.S.Eliot >
 < the opera is written in the strict twelve-tone style — K.H.Wörner >
 < the verse … for all its freedom and variety, is nevertheless very strict — F.R.Leavis >
12. : unswerving in conformance to principle
 < an earnest and a strict Moslem — W.N.Ewer >
 < regarded as uncanonical by all strict churchmen — F.M.Stenton >
Synonyms: see rigid
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