in the strict sense

基本解释

A bat is not a bird in the strict sense.
从严格意义上讲，蝙蝠不是鸟。
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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，中国无“严格意义上的悲剧”的说法，始终占据着理论界的主流。
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，这样一个观念忽视了这个事实：人类---严格意义来说，就是这个术语的欲望生物---也是有生命的生物，也就是会死的生物。

The megalopsychos the gentleman whatever else he is is not a philosopher in the strict sense.
这种，Megalopsychos，绅士,以严格的标准看来并非哲学家,从社会学角度看来。
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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，我发现拉姆斯菲尔德秘书长,是很容易打交道的人,我指的是他非常专业，非常严格，非常诚恳，不像那类人，因为观点立场不同,就从你背后放冷箭,如果他想杀了你，也是从正面进攻。
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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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