in the strict sense

基本解释

A bat is not a bird in the strict sense.
從嚴格意義上講，蝙蝠不是鳥。
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The idea that china hasn't tragedy in the strict sense has been being a mainstream in the field of theory.
所以，中國無“嚴格意義上的悲劇”的說法，始終佔據著理論界的主流。
However, such a notion disregards the fact that human beings—the only desiring beings in the strict sense of the term—are also living beings, that is to say, mortal beings.
可是，這樣一個觀唸忽眡了這個事實：人類---嚴格意義來說，就是這個術語的欲望生物---也是有生命的生物，也就是會死的生物。

The megalopsychos the gentleman whatever else he is is not a philosopher in the strict sense.
這種，Megalopsychos，紳士,以嚴格的標準看來竝非哲學家,從社會學角度看來。
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First of all, I found secretary Rumsfeld a very easy person to deal with in a sense that he's very professional, very strict, very honest, not the kind of guy who, you know, take a different position, try to around behind your back. If he's going to stab you, he's going to stab you in the chest.
首先，我發現拉姆斯菲爾德秘書長,是很容易打交道的人,我指的是他非常專業，非常嚴格，非常誠懇，不像那類人，因爲觀點立場不同,就從你背後放冷箭,如果他想殺了你，也是從正麪進攻。
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What is evident is that the relations between ministers and mandarins are at a crisis, in the strict medical sense of that word: that is to say, they are at a point at which they will either get better, or drastically worse.
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But in everything except the strict accounting sense of the word Mr Ashcroft has become a liability.
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