That delicate instrument can record very slight changes.

那部精密仪器能记录十分细微的变化。

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That delicate instrument can record even very slight changes.

那台精密仪器能够纪录非常细小的变化。

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This detector is a very delicate instrument; it'll go wrong if it's mishandled.

这个探测器是个非常精密的仪器，如果胡乱使用就会出现故障。

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Why pound with a sledgehammer when a delicate instrument does the job?

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In addition to rediscovering lost scores, Mr Savall set about completely reinventing a playing technique that would help him draw the best from the delicate instrument.

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For the pianist using today's grand piano, as opposed to the composer's more delicate instrument, there are challenges in rendering this music as Beethoven might have wanted.

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