摘要：cure源自拉丁语cura, 后者有“关心、照顾”之义。care与它无关。care源自古英语，含义围绕“悲伤、焦虑、心理负担、严肃的心理关注”等等。

形容词accurate里的curate不常用，但后者所源自cure是个常用单词。

cure与“治愈、治疗”有关。curate含义是“助理牧师”。在英语形成时期，“牧师”自然是“心灵治愈师”。

cure源自拉丁语cura, 后者有“关心、照顾”之义。care与它无关。care源自古英语，含义围绕“悲伤、焦虑、心理负担、严肃的心理关注”等等。

cure的“关系、照顾”自然要“精心、细致”。拉丁语ac-（ad-）有“向……，朝……”之义，因而也有语气强化的效果。

形容词accurate本义是done with care(精心完成)。从这个含义衍生出“精确、精准”之义。其语气介于correct(做对、正确)和exact之间。

exact的act为“行动、运动”之义。exact字面义是“驱动出来”。这可能在早期手工制作机器的语境下的用词，差不多是“严丝合缝、丝滑般地”那种程度。

accurate的“精确”有不同视角。

视角1：与测量工具、方法和结果相关的准确，如

【例句1】My watch is not very accurate. （我的手表不是很准。）[牛津高级学者辞典]

【例句2】Accurate measurements are essential. （精确的测量至关重要。） [牛津高级学者辞典]

【例句3】Quartz timepieces are very accurate, to a minute or two per year. （石英表非常精确，每年精确到一两分钟。） [柯林斯高级学者词典]

【例句4】Huygens was able to build a clock accurate to within ten seconds in a day. （惠更斯能够制造出一个一天精确到十秒以内的时钟。 ）[牛津高级学者辞典]

视角2：对精度有要求的工具(比如射击类武器）完成任务的准确，如

【例句5】The rifle was extremely accurate. （步枪非常精确。） [柯林斯高级学者词典]

【例句6】The cutter is accurate to within ½ a millimetre. （切割器的精度在½毫米以内。）[朗文当代英语辞典]

视角3：动作完成的准确，如

【例句7】There were only two accurate shots on goal. (只有两次射门准确。) [牛津高级学者辞典]

【例句8】Marks were given for accurate spelling and punctuation.（对准确拼写和标点符号，打了标记。） [柯林斯高级学者词典]

【例句9】It is too early to give an accurate assessment of his condition. （现在准确评估他的病情还为时过早） [柯林斯高级学者词典]

【例句10】Scientists have found a more accurate way of dating cave paintings. (科学家们已经找到了一种更准确的洞穴壁画年代测定方法。)[牛津高级学者词典]

视角4：准确完成任务的动作者，如

【例句11】The pilots, however, were not as accurate as they should be. （然而，飞行员并没有达到应有的准确度） [柯林斯高级学者词典]

【例句12】We hope to become more accurate in predicting earthquakes. （我们希望在预测地震方面变得更加准确。）[剑桥高级学者辞典]

【例句13】They were accurate in their prediction that he would change her life drastically. （他们准确地预测到他会彻底改变她的生活。）[柯林斯高级学者词典]

视角5：信息、数据等内容准确无误，如

【例句14】It is difficult to get accurate figures on population numbers.（很难得到准确的人口数字。） [朗文当代英语辞典]

【例句15】The figures they have used are just not accurate. (他们使用的数字就是不准确) [剑桥高级学者辞典]

【例句16】The evidence she gave to the court was not strictly accurate (=not exactly accurate).(她向法庭提供的证据并不完全准确。) [朗文当代英语辞典]

视角6：描述、表达和解释的准确

【例句17】The brochure tries to give a fair and accurate description of each hotel. （这本小册子试图对每家酒店进行公平准确的描述。）[朗文当代英语辞典]辞典]

【例句18】Police have stressed that this is the most accurate description of the killer to date. （警方强调，这是迄今为止对凶手最准确的描述。） [柯林斯高级学者词典]

【例句19】Police believe Derek gave a reasonably accurate account of what happened. （警方认为德里克对发生的事情给出了相当准确的描述。）[朗文当代英语辞典]

【例句20】I'm not convinced the reports are accurate. （我不相信这些报道是准确的。） [牛津高级学者辞典]

【例句21】The film is not historically accurate. （这部电影在历史方面并不准确。 ）[牛津高级学者辞典]

视角7：就关心的核心特征，准确反映了(视角6是字面意义如实地)，如

【例句22】The cost is an accurate reflection of the quality of our products. （成本准确地反映了我们产品的质量。）[牛津高级学者辞典]

【例句23】Her novel is an accurate reflection of life in Spain. （她的小说准确地反映了西班牙的生活。）[剑桥高级学者辞典]

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