词汇精选:subtle的用法和辨析
一、详细释义:
adj.
稀薄的
例句:
Look at subtle shades of brown.
看这一片淡棕色。
例句:
Smell the delightfully subtle scents.
闻这怡人的淡淡香气。
微妙的;敏感的
例句:
We should observe the slow and subtle changes that take place in all living things.
我们应发生在所有生物身上的缓慢而细微的变化。
例句:
It is necessary to remark a subtle difference.
必须注意微妙的差异。
精细的;巧妙的
例句:
Jimmy was a subtle worker in gold and silver.
吉米是一个技艺精湛的金银匠。
例句:
I even began to exploit him in subtle ways.
我甚至开始巧妙地利用他。
狡猾的
例句:
He is a subtle character, you know.
你知道他为人狡猾。
例句:
Subtle is the lord, but malicious he is not.
我们的主人很狡猾,好在他不怀歹意。
二、词义辨析:
delicate,fine,subtle
这3个形容词均含“微妙的,细微的”之意。 delicate侧重指需要谨慎处理和对待。 fine隐含“不易察觉的”意味。 subtle侧重有洞察、领悟事物细微差别以及微妙关系的能力。
三、参考例句:
Smell the delightfully subtle scents.
闻这怡人的淡淡香气。
Subtle lighting helps people relax.
光线暗淡有助於人们松弛精神。
Smell the delightfully subtle scents.
闻这怡人的淡淡香气。
Her attitude had undergone a subtle change.
她的态度发生了微妙的变化。
There were subtle hints in his letter.
他的信中有些微妙的暗示。
Her skin is subtle, white, silken, animate.
她皮肤雪白,细腻,光滑,充满活力。
Look at subtle shades of brown.
看这一片淡棕色。
He is a subtle character, you know.
你知道他为人狡猾。
Jimmy was a subtle worker in gold and silver.
吉米是一个技艺精湛的金银匠。
Subtle is the lord, but malicious he is not.
我们的主人很狡猾,好在他不怀歹意。
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