The tests are designed to detect subtle ( ' , 细微的) changes in mental function, and involve solving puzzles, recalling words and details from stories, and identifying patterns in collections of letters and symbols.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

The tests are designed to detect subtle changes in mental function, and involve solving puzzles, recalling words and details from stories, and identifying patterns in collections of letters and symbol.

2016年6月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

LOL has evolved into something much subtler and sophisticated and is used even when nothing is remotely amusing.

出自-2014年6月阅读原文

Critics point out that, by giving Google the right to commercially exploit its database, the settlement paves the way for a subtle shift in the company's role from provider of information to seller.

出自-2011年12月阅读原文

Often the advantages of convenient, mobile technology are both obvious and taken for granted, leaving more subtle topics for concerned discussion.

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

This ，however， would be a knee-jerk reaction to a subtle argument.

出自-2011年考研翻译原文

The subtle and intelligent little book The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University should be read by every student thinking of applying to take a doctoral degree.

出自-2011年考研阅读原文

This is a subtle form of peer pressure: we unconsciously imitate the behavior we see every day.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

But the headlong push into bachelor's degrees for all—and the subtle devaluing of anything less—misses an important point: That's not the only thing the American economy needs.

2018年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ