As usual , McNamara was ahead of his time-ten years, to be exact.

Mr. Brown liked to be exact.

布朗先生喜欢精确.

He's in his mid-fifties; well, fifty-six to be exact ( ie more accurately ).

他五十多岁; 嗯, 确切地说是 五十六 岁.

It's a 4-cylinder engine, or to be exact, a 4-cylinder, internal-combustion engine.

那是四汽缸引擎, 精确地说, 是四汽缸内燃机.

In 1948 to be exact, a new device, the transistor, was announced by Bell Telephone Laboratories.

确切地说, 是在1948年, 贝尔电话实验室把一种新的元件――晶体管公诸于世.

The program stars at 7 o clock everyday to be exact.

这个节目每天7点钟准时开始.

Well , forty-seven , to be exact.

准确的说, 是四十七年.

He is, to be exact, sixteen years old, and is not old enough join the army.

确切地说, 他才十六岁, 还没达到参军的年龄.

The program starts at 7 o'clock everyday to be exact.

每天晚上七点新闻联播肯定会准时播出.

It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.

不精确是所有伟大事物的特点.

To be frank with you, you is a little too anxious to succeed.

坦率地讲, 你有点太着而不能成功.

To be frank with you, Mr Smith, the price you quoted is impossible.

坦率地讲, 司密斯先生, 你报的价格是不可能成交的.

To be frank with you, a discount of 4 % wouldn't help very much.

坦率地说, 百分之四的折扣帮助不大.

To be frank with you, 240 yuan per set can barely cover our production cost.

坦率地说, 每台240元勉强能支付生产成本.

To be frank with you, your counter  offer can not even cover our production cost.

坦率地讲, 贵方还价甚至不够我们的生产成本.

To be honest, I've got a preferable offer.

老实说, 我有唯一更好的任务机遇.

I raise my children to be honest, but not to be tattle tales!

我希望我的孩子成为诚实的人, 而不是爱打小报告的人.

I'd rather get it out the way, to be honest.

老实说，我情愿把它处理掉。

I wanted to be honest and come out in the open about the pregnancy and marriage.

我想自己出面坦诚地向公众说说结婚和怀孕.

I'm disappointed, to be honest.

说实话，我很失望。

To be honest, that's a little more then I was expecting to pay.

老实说, 那比我预期要付的价钱还多一点点.