You can picture 'strict' as a rope drawn tight, with no slack left. Whether it's a person, a rule, a definition, or a way of a faith — strict means everything is pulled taut: no room to bend, no exceptions, no wandering off the exact line.
From the word’s history
From Latin strictus, past participle of stringere 'to draw or bind tight'. The modern senses all grow from this 'pulled tight, no slack' image — a strict person, rule, meaning or observance is one that leaves no looseness.
源自拉丁文 strictus，是 stringere「拉緊、綁緊」的過去分詞。現代所有意思都從這個「繃緊、不留鬆弛」的畫面長出來——嚴格的人、規定、定義或戒律，都是不留半點鬆動的。
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原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
strictadj/stɹɪkt/
- 1
Strained; drawn close; tight.
- strict embrace
- strict ligature
- 2
Tense; not relaxed.
- strict fiber
- 3
Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.
- to keep strict watch
- to pay strict attention
- 4
Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
- they are very strict in observing the Sabbath
- No one, however, would have anything to do with him, as Mr. Keeson's orders in those respects were very strict ; he had often threatened any one of his employés with instant dismissal if he found him in company with one of these touts.
- 5
Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
- to understand words in a strict sense
- 6
biologybotanynatural-sciencesUpright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
- 7
Severe in discipline.
- Our teacher was always very strict. If we didn't behave, we would get punished.
- It was a very strict lesson.
- 8
mathematicsorder-theorysciencesIrreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.
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