For diction, a very important tip is to eliminate imprecise or wordy language.

对于措辞来说，一个非常重要的建议是删除精确或冗长的语言。

That sounds imprecise, but we can always revisit that assumption later on.

这听起来太精确，但是我可以在以后细化它。

But winds and currents, they make this pretty imprecise, and they got it wrong.

但是风和水流让这变得非常精确，他走错了路。

Reason 3: And the final reason, time is an imprecise metric.

最后一个原因，时间是一个精确的度量标准。

When it is hard to describe what you do, it is natural to resort to imprecise terms.

难描述你所做的事情时，自然地就使用精确的术语。

We can't give this response a four out of four mainly because of her imprecise use of language.

我给这份回答满分四分，主要是因为她语言使用够准确。

Working out when a person has died is the most basic (but frustratingly imprecise) part of a forensic investigator's work.

确定死亡时间是法医调查员工作中最基本的一部分，但令人沮丧的是，无法精确判断。

But the language is, I think, just imprecise here.

但我认为，这里的语言够精确。

So, the word was actually confusingly imprecise, but it stuck, nonetheless.

所以，这个词实际上是准确的，令人困惑，但它仍然存在。

You're trying to clear the table and your sensors are noisy and imprecise.

您正试图清理桌子，但您的传感器噪音大且精确。

Others paint Russia as a sloppy cyber-power—good at breaking things, but loud and imprecise.

其他人则将俄罗斯描绘成一个草率的网络大国——擅长破坏事物，但声音大且精确。

The indices are based on newspaper coverage, which may sound imprecise.

这些指数基于报纸报道，这听起来可够精确。

The numbers are imprecise but about a 1,000 people have left France to join the fight and about 200 have returned.

据太精确的数据显示，有1000人离开法国加入武装斗争，约有200人返回法国。

But they also don't want to be imprecise, those jargon words really mean something.

但他也想准确，那些行话确实有意义。

Current estimates are still imprecise, but people think that about 20 percent of virus carriers are asymptomatic.

目前的估计仍然准确，但人认为大约 20% 的病毒携带者是无症状的。

We will assume that such a definition, although admittedly imprecise, is clear to you in what follows.

我假设这样的定义虽然精确，但在下文中您清楚。

It may be pointless, though, to search for precise explanations, since measuring a $16 trillion market economy is such an imprecise exercise.

过如果要寻找更精确的解释可并没有意义，因为测量16万亿规模市场的经济是准确的。

So again, this is an imprecise way to give a number to someone.

因此，这再次是一种向他人提供数字的精确方式。

Another imprecise way of counting things is to say more than you can count.

另一种精确的计数方式是说“多得数清”。

When talking about imprecise numbers, you'll probably hear the word approximately and the word around a lot.

在谈论精确的数字时， 你可频繁听到“大约”和“左右” 这两个词。