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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。
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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。
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精妙;精细;细微;微妙 Subtlety is the quality of being not immediately obvious or noticeable, and therefore difficult to describe.
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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。
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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。
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细致;敏锐 Subtlety is the ability to notice and recognize things which are not obvious, especially small differences between things.
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She analyses herself with great subtlety.
她非常敏锐地分析自己。
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诡秘;狡猾;巧妙 Subtlety is the ability to use indirect methods to achieve something, rather than doing something that is obvious.
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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。
- 1. I think the translator missed some of the subtleties of the original.
- 我认为译者漏掉了原著中一些微妙之处。
来自《简明英汉词典》
