subtleties

英 [ˈsʌtltiz]

美 [ˈsʌtəltiz]

n.  细微; 微妙; 狡猾; 巧妙; 敏锐; 细小但重要的地方; 微妙之处
subtlety的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 细微差别;微妙之处
  Subtletiesare very small details or differences which are not obvious.
  1. His fascination with the subtleties of human behaviour makes him a good storyteller...
     他对人们行为上的细微差别极感兴趣，这使他成了一个很会讲故事的人。
  2. When a book goes into translation, all those linguistic subtleties get lost.
     当一部书被翻译成另一种语言后，所有那些语言上的精妙之处就都丢失了。
• N-UNCOUNT 精妙;精细;细微;微妙
  Subtletyis the quality of being not immediately obvious or noticeable, and therefore difficult to describe.
  1. African dance is vigorous, but full of subtlety, requiring great strength and control...
     非洲舞蹈充满活力，但不乏精妙之处，需要舞者有很强的力量和控制能力。
  2. Many of the resulting wines lack the subtlety of the original model.
     许多如此酿制的葡萄酒都不像最初的葡萄酒那样耐人品味。
• N-UNCOUNT 细致;敏锐
  Subtletyis the ability to notice and recognize things which are not obvious, especially small differences between things.
  1. She analyses herself with great subtlety.
     她非常敏锐地分析自己。
• N-UNCOUNT 诡秘;狡猾;巧妙
  Subtletyis the ability to use indirect methods to achieve something, rather than doing something that is obvious.
  1. They had obviously been hoping to approach the topic with more subtlety.
     他们显然一直希望能更巧妙地切入这一话题。

双语例句

• With the coming of special relativity, many practitioners gained appreciation of the subtleties of linear algebra.
  随着狭义相对论，许多从业人员获得赞赏的微妙线性代数。
• I like knowing the subtleties in people.
  我喜欢知道每一个人的细微差异。
• Particularities of feeling are also conveyed in the subtleties of bodily posture and gesture, including facial expression.
  种种感觉的特殊性也在体态和姿势的细微差别中传达出来。
• It was at a Burr dinner that Andrew Jackson was introduced to the subtleties and pleasures of the grape.
  正是在伯尔的餐桌上，安德鲁·杰克逊首次领略到葡萄的微妙和赏心悦目之处。
• There were mathematical difficulties in passing to the limit, but these subtleties were ignored.
  在取极限时存在着数学上的困难，不过这种细微的地方被忽略了。
• The subtleties of middle-class English intonation.
  中产阶级英语语调的微妙之处。
• His fascination with the subtleties of human behaviour makes him a good storyteller
  他对人们行为上的细微差别极感兴趣，这使他成了一个很会讲故事的人。
• He began to feel those subtleties which he could find words to express.
  他开始体会到他笔下表达的那些柔情蜜意。
• Yet for all your subtleties, you have not wisdom.
  然而尽你所有的智计，你并谈不上明智。
• Despite its obviousness, the simplicity principle has its subtleties.
  尽管简单性原则显而易见，但它也有其微妙之处。