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subtlety
[ˈsʌt(ə)lti] [ˈsʌt(ə)lti]

  • n. 细微差别,微妙之处;微妙,精细;机敏,敏锐;诡秘,狡猾,巧妙

[ 复数 subtleties ]

英英释义

subtlety [ 'sʌbtlti ]

  • n.
    • a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude

      同义词: nuance nicety shade refinement

    • the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze

      "you had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew"

      同义词: niceness

以上来源于: WordNet

 柯林斯英汉双解大词典 

subtlety /ˈsʌtəltɪ/ TEM8

  • 1. 

    N-COUNT Subtleties are very small details or differences which are not obvious. 精妙之处; 微妙差异

    例:

    His fascination with the subtleties of human behaviour makes him a good storyteller.

    他对人类行为微妙之处的极大兴趣使他成为一个好的作家。

  • 2. 

    N-UNCOUNT Subtlety is the quality of being not immediately obvious or noticeable, and therefore difficult to describe. 微妙性

    例:

    African dance is vigorous, but full of subtlety, requiring great strength and control.

    非洲舞蹈很有活力,但充满微妙性,需要很大的力量和很强的控制力。

  • 3. 

    N-UNCOUNT Subtlety is the ability to notice and recognize things which are not obvious, especially small differences between things. 敏锐

    例:

    She analyses herself with great subtlety.

    她非常敏锐地分析了自己。

  • 4. 

    N-UNCOUNT Subtlety is the ability to use indirect methods to achieve something, rather than doing something that is obvious. 巧妙

    例:

    They had obviously been hoping to approach the topic with more subtlety.

    他们显然一直在希望更巧妙地切入这个话题。

同近义词同根词

词根: subtle

adj.

subtle 微妙的;精细的;敏感的;狡猾的;稀薄的

adv.

subtly 精细地;巧妙地;敏锐地

vi.

subtilize 过分精细;微妙化

vt.

subtilize 使稀薄;使精细

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  • Rather, his subtlety shows itself in his deliberate concealment of it, in the ways in which he masks himself in obviousness.

    他的狡猾表现在他故意地隐藏这种隐约,而且是以很直白的方式表现的。

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  • OK. Now, having said that, and I've actually got a subtlety I'm going to come back to in a second, there ought to be a better way to do this. OK?

    我们已经明白了一些,一会儿要讲的微妙之处,应该有更好的方法对不对?,应该有更好的思路的?

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  • So it isn't that Hitchcock is not capable of writing of subtlety He knows everything he does.

    所以不是希区柯克,不能写出很微妙的东西,他知道他在干什么。

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