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ADJ-GRADED
不易察觉的;不明显的;微妙的 Something that is subtle is not immediately obvious or noticeable.
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...the slow and subtle changes that take place in all living things...
发生在所有生物身上的缓慢而细微的变化
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Intolerance can take subtler forms too.
过敏反应也可能会表现得很不明显。
subtly
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The truth is subtly different...
事实略有不同。
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We change subtly all the time.
我们每时每刻都在发生细微的变化。
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ADJ-GRADED
机智的;机巧的;狡猾的 A subtle person cleverly uses indirect methods to achieve something.
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I even began to exploit him in subtle ways...
我甚至开始巧妙地利用他。
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He is a subtle character, you know.
你知道他为人狡猾。
subtly
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What I've tried very subtly to do is to reclaim language.
我费尽心机在做的就是改造、拯救语言。
3.
ADJ-GRADED
清淡的;隐约的;柔和的 Subtle smells, tastes, sounds, or colours are pleasantly complex and delicate.
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...subtle shades of brown.
淡棕色
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...delightfully subtle scents.
怡人的淡淡香气
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...whole aubergines in a very subtle sauce.
清淡的调味汁里整只的茄子
subtly
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...a white sofa teamed with subtly coloured rugs.
白沙发搭配以色彩柔和的地垫
- Adverb
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1. in a subtle manner;
- "late nineteenth-century French opera at its most beautiful, subtly romantic with a twilight melancholy"
- 1. Their attitude to me altered subtly.
- 他们对我的态度已隐隐约约地有所改变。
来自《简明英汉词典》
