subtle

adj. 微妙的；精细的；敏感的；狡猾的；稀薄的

adj.

微妙的；敏感的；狡猾的；巧妙的

双语释义

微妙的;难以捉摸的;细微的 delicate;not easy to notice,understand,or explain

机智的；机巧的；狡猾的 (of a person or their behaviour) behaving in a clever way, and using indirect methods, in order to achieve sth

敏感的，敏锐的，有辨别力的 very clever in noticing and understanding

英英释义

subtle[ 'sʌtl ]

adj.

be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind

"his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle difference"

同义词：elusive

faint and difficult to analyze

"subtle aromas"

able to make fine distinctions

"a subtle mind"

working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way

"a subtle poison"

同义词：insidiouspernicious

同近义词辨析

这组词都有“微妙的，细微的”的意思，其区别是：

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。

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

There were subtle hints in his letter.
他的信中有些微妙的暗示。

What meaning will my subtle signal make?
我的微妙信号表达了什么意思?

She has a very subtle mind.
她有个很敏锐的头脑。

Satire is a high and subtle art.
讽刺是一门崇高而又含蓄的艺术。

He is such a subtle and careful observer.
他是一位如此精细的观察者。

He is a man of subtle and refined sensibility.
他是个感情细腻的男子。

I fall for that subtle plot every time!
我每次都中了那狡猾的圈套。

权威例句

subtle

subtle: [14] Latin subtīlis, the ultimate source of English subtle, seems to have originated as a weaving term. It probably goes back ultimately to the phrase sub tēla ‘beneath the lengthwise threads in a loom’ (tēla, source of English toilet and toils, was a contraction of *texla, a relative of English textile). As this was lexicalized via *subtēlis to subtīlis, it developed the meaning ‘finely woven’, which subsequently broadened out to ‘fine, thin’. By the time it reached English, via Old French sutil, it had evolved further, to ‘making fine discriminations’.=> textile, toilet

subtle (adj.)

c. 1300 (mid-13c. as a surname), sotil, "penetrating; ingenious; refined" (of the mind); "sophisticated, intricate, abstruse" (of arguments), from Old French sotil, soutil, subtil "adept, adroit; cunning, wise; detailed; well-crafted" (12c., Modern French subtil), from Latin subtilis "fine, thin, delicate, finely woven;" figuratively "precise, exact, accurate," in taste or judgment, "fine, keen," of style, "plain, simple, direct," from sub "under" (see sub-) + -tilis, from tela "web, net, warp of a fabric" (see texture (n.)). From early 14c. in reference to things, "of thin consistency;" in reference to craftsmen, "cunning, skilled, clever;" Depreciative sense "insidious, treacherously cunning; deceitful" is from mid-14c. Material senses of "not dense or viscous, light; pure; delicate, thin, slender; fine, consisting of small particles" are from late 14c. sotil wares were goods sold in powdered form or finely ground. Partially re-Latinized in spelling, and also by confusion with subtile.

1. What it taught me is very subtle.

它对我的影响是非常微妙的。

2. I like that basic background reverb, not too much but not so subtle you can barely notice it.

我喜欢的基本背景，混响，不算太多，但并非如此微妙的，您可以勉强的通知。

3. So I say the relation between them is very subtle.

所以我说他们之间的关系是很微妙的。

4. Be as daring or as subtle as you please with the theme, but remember - those in outrageous costume always have more fun!

作为大胆或者微妙的请你的主题，但请记住-那些使人发指的服装总是有更多的兴趣！

5. What I wanted did not belong to me by right and whilst it could not be refused tome in quite same way, we still have subtle punishments for anyone who insists on what they are and what they want.

我所想要的，并不理当属于我，而虽然它也不能以完全同样的方式拒我于外，但是任何人若坚持要做某种人或是想要某些东西，我们仍然会给他很微妙的惩罚。

6. There are some subtle differences between them, which makes one more appropriate for certain types of problems than others.

二者之间有一些细微的差别，这使得它们在解决某些类型的问题时各有所长。

7. God is subtle but he is not malicious.

上帝是微妙的，但他没有恶意的。

8. However, one of them contains a series of , more or less subtle alterations.

不过，其中一人包含了一系列的，更多或更少微妙的改动。

9. This change is rather subtle, but it has some important implications.

这个变化十分微妙，但是它却有些重要的含义。

10. Because printing is involved, however, there are some subtle differences.

但因为涉及到打印，存在一些细微的差别。

11. I add some subtle highlights on both the background and the monster.

我想补充一些微妙突出两个的背景和怪物。

12. Usually no, but there can be a subtle difference in one case.

通常没有，但是有一种情况下会有一点细微的差别。

13. The answer might be as subtle as how you made eye contact or where you were standing.

或许是因为你们的眼神接触或者是你所站的位置，这些微妙的动作所影响的。

14. If you like your wine fruity, why not try a Riesling with the subtle flavour of apple?

如果您喜欢葡萄酒的水果，为什么不尝试雷司令加微妙的苹果风味？

15. He helps us understand the challenges of most urban areas, but in a very subtle, yet powerful way.

他帮助我们了解大部分城市的挑战，但是在一个非常微妙的，而强大的工具。

16. Be carefully aware of every subtle detail of feeling in this area.

仔细的每一个微妙的感觉在这方面的详细了解。

17. As I said, it is a very subtle test.

正像我所说的，这是一个很微妙的测试。

18. You could also have subtle feelings of inferiority from your lack of discipline.

你还会由于缺乏纪律而对能力低的人有微妙的感觉。

19. They’re great for easily adding lots of interest and depth to a design, whether it be a huge background pattern or just some subtle textures here and there.

它们实在太棒了，无论是一幅巨大的背景图案还是只有一些精细的纹理，都能轻易地为设计处处增添不少吸引力与深度。

20. Besides all this, there is another degenerating factor: effort, in all its subtle forms.

除了所有这些，还有另一个恶化的因素：各种微妙方式的努力。

21. In design field, we dealt with more subtle and some time hard to quantity elements of human nature.

在设计领域中，我们处理了一些更为精细的、有时候难以数计的人类自然的基础。

22. Yeah, there is a subtle but very distinct difference in the vocabulary between men and women.

是的，在男人和女人所用的词汇之间有微妙但却很明显的差别。

23. I fall for that subtle plot every time!

我每次都中了那狡猾的圈套。

24. What meaning will my subtle signal make?

我的微妙信号将做什么意思?。

25. This subtle difference should be accounted for in the code that parses these different RSS formats.

这一细微差异应该在编写解析这些不同的RSS格式的代码时考虑进去。

26. This subtle difference should be accounted for in the code that parses these different RSS formats.

这一细微差异应该在编写解析这些不同的RSS格式的代码时考虑进去。

27. The difference is that, on the computer screen, you lose many subtle visual cues offered by the paper-based book (bent page corners, penciled-in notes).

而且在计算机屏幕上，你不可能像书本一样做各种细微的记号（折起来的页角和铅笔做的注释等）。

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28. All humans have motivations that drive their behaviors; some are obvious, and many are subtle. It is critical that personas capture these motivations in the form of goals.

所有人的行为背后都隐含着动机，一些很明显，而一些则比较微妙，人物角色以目标方式捕获这些动机非常关键。

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29. As discussed before, the application should make clear that it is working hard, but the detailed feedback can be offered in a more subtle way.

就像前面讨论的，程序应该把正在辛苦工作的状态表现清楚，但是过于细节的反馈应该以一种更加微妙的方式给出。

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30. Contextual inquiry methods closely parallel the methods described here, but with some subtle and important differences.

情境调查方法和下面将要描述的方法大致类似，但也有一些细微之处显著不同。

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31. The only hints that the window can be dragged are its color and slight dimensionality of the title bar, a subtle visual hint that is purely idiomatic.

窗口可以拖动的惟一暗示就是标题栏的颜色，这种精妙的视觉暗示纯粹是习惯性的，无法用直觉理解。

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32. This hinting for potential targets can be quite subtle, or even eschewed completely when all objects in the program are equally valid targets for any connection.

这种潜在目标对象的暗示可以非常微妙，甚至当程序中所有对象对于任意连接都是有效目标时这种暗示可以完全没有。

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33. Instead of one right way, several options are all correct. The application should look for more subtle clues to differentiate which one of the small set is correct.

和只有一个正确答案的情况不同，有几个选项都是正确的，程序应该寻找更加微妙的线索来区分小的集合中的哪一个是正确的。

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34. The first-time user won’t even notice such artifacts, let alone understand them, because of the subtle way they are shown on the screen.

因为它们在屏幕上微妙的显示方式，第1次使用的新用户不会注意到这些结果，更不必理解它们。

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35. People not only expect this kind of subtle feedback from each other, they depend on it for maintaining social order. Our applications and devices should work the same way.

人们不仅期待与彼此进行这样细微的反馈，也依靠这样的反馈来维持社会秩序。 我们的程序和设备应该以同样的方式工作。

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36. Continually interrogating users is not only a form of excise, but also, from a psychological perspective, it is a subtle way of expressing doubt about their authority.

不断地询问用户不仅是附加工作的一种，而且从心理方面来说，它微妙地表示着对用户权威的质疑。

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