nicety 详细解释

nicety

['naisiti]

n.准确, 精确,细微的区别, 优美的东西

n.

1. 优美; 优美的东西[P1]

Having a bosom friend is one of the niceties of life.

得一知己乃人生一大乐事。

2. 精确; 微妙[U]

The job calls for nicety of judgment.

这一工作要求判断精确。

3. 细微的区别; 细节[P1]

Let's answer the question in general; we haven't time to consider all the niceties.

我们笼统地回答这个问题吧; 我们没有时间考虑全部细节。

4. 拘泥细节; 挑剔[U]

词形变化

名词复数: niceties |

词义辨析

同义参见:

delicacy  refinement  

英英释义

名词 nicety:

conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety

同义词:justness, rightness

a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude

同义词:nuance, shade, subtlety, refinement

短语词组

to a nicety

1. 精确地; 恰到好处地

He judged the weight to a nicety.

他精确地估出了重量。

补充

nicetynicety英:[ˈnaisiti] 美:[ˈnaɪsɪti]n.1.微妙; 细微2.细微之处, 细微的区别; 细节

例句

1. This semantic nicety does not change what the two sides really mean by 'unitary' and 'federal'.“统一的”和“联邦的”在语义上的细微差别并不能改变这两个词背后双方的真实想法。 2. legal/diplomatic niceties法律/外交上的细节 3. social niceties社交上的繁文缛节 4. In diplomacy the niceties of etiquette must be observed.在外交方面必须要遵守礼仪细节。 5. By the end of term, girls will have learnt the niceties of dinner-party conversation.到学期末, 女孩们将会掌握晚宴上交谈的所有细枝末节。 6. Civility is not a nicety. It goes to the heart of what relations between human beings should be.礼貌不是表面功夫。它触及人与人应该如何相处这个问题的核心。 7. Society has become so informal that a lot of life's little niceties have been lost.社会已经变得如此不拘礼节, 生活中许多优雅的小细节已经消失。 8. It seemed very middle-class to worry about such niceties as clean hands and darned socks.担心手是否干净、袜子是否有补丁这类面子上的事情, 很像中产阶级的作风。 9. One does miss the niceties of first-class travel when one is forced to forego them.被迫放弃乘坐头等舱时, 就会怀念它的美好。 10. She was praised for the nicety of her judgment.她因判断力精确而受到称赞。 11. He showed nicety in discernment of character.他对人性格的判断很是敏锐。 12. The timing of the move had been judged to a nicety.行动的时机判断得恰到好处。 13. She appeared to have calculated to a nicety how much ill treatment her husband would bear without walking out on her.她似乎早已算准丈夫在不致抛弃自己的前提下还能忍受多少折磨。 14. she was never interested in the niceties of Greek and Latin.她对希腊语和拉丁语之间的细微差别从来不感兴趣。 15. she prided herself on her nicety of pronunciation.她对自己准确的发音而得意。 16. we were brought up to observe the niceties.我们从小就被教导要注意细小礼节。 17. Our grandmother taught us the niceties of table manners.祖母教会了我们餐桌礼仪的细节。 18. social/legal niceties社交/法律细节 19. the niceties of English grammar英语语法的细微之处