Learning a foreign language is an inexact process.

学习一门外语是一个非精确的过程。

The parallels between the 21st-century workplace and " The Iliad" are admittedly inexact.

将21世纪的职场与《伊利亚特》进行类比的确是准确的。

Yeah. You know, the political systems, of course, are different, so any comparison is going to be inexact.

好。当然，因为政治体系同，所以任何比较都是准确的。

So we could say some energy, and I'm being inexact right over here.

所以我们可以说一些能量，我在准确。

Her rhymes also were a little, we might say, " inexact, " they weren't exactly right.

她的押韵也有点，我们可以说，“准确”，他们完全确。

But sometimes when people say: " sort of" and " kind of" they're being inexact.

但有时当人们说：“sort of” 和“kind of” 时，他们是准确的。

We learned that these tales take place at an inexact time in the past: once upon a time or long ago.

我们了解到些故事发生在过去一个确切的时间：从前或很久以前。

Is an exact science that we try to apply as best we can to the inexact world of extinct animals.

是一门精确的科学，我们尽力将其应用于已灭绝动物的精确世界。

So gauging how tall you'll be based on your mom and dad is a decent indicator, but it's also a bit of an inexact science.

因此，根据你的父母来衡量你会有多高是个错的指标，但也是一门精确的科学。

So we figured out before that the frequency-- now, it's a little inexact because I don't have-- actually, I have the exact numbers.

所以我们之前计算出了频率——现在，它有点准确， 因为我没有——实际上， 我有确切的数字。

Attempts have been made to put in context the various influences and sources of modern English vocabulary, although this is necessarily an inexact science.

已经尝试将现代英语词汇的各种影响和来源放在上下文中， 尽管必然是一门精确的科学。

But in these cases when it's an inexact use of language, you will only be using: " sort of" and " kind of" .

但在些情况下，当语言使用准确时，您只会使用： " sort of" 和 " kind of" 。

Instead, a satellite must be pinged, and that information is integrated with other bits of data to trace where you're calling from, a more complex and often inexact process.

相反，必须对卫星发送声脉冲，并将些信息与其他数据进行整合，才能追踪你的通话位置，是一个更为复杂且常常精确的过程。

In all literary enjoyment there is something incalculable, something wayward, eluding the precision of rule and rendering inexact the precepts of him who would point out the path to it.

在所有的文学享受中，都有一些可估量的东西，一些任性的东西，逃避规则的精确性，并使那些指出通往它的道路的人的戒律变得精确。

I think I might have showed you that when we talked about " sort of" or " kind of" it can be vague or inexact language, like: fairly, vaguely, slightly.

我想我可能已经向你展示过， 当我们谈论“有点” 或“有点”时，它可能是含糊或准确的语言， 例如：相当、模糊、轻微。