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单词 nicety
释义
nicety
noun
uk
/ˈnaɪ.sə.ti/us
/ˈnaɪ.sə.t̬i/
[C]
adetailorsmalldifferencethat is onlyobviousaftercarefulthought:
细节；细微的差别
Theyspenta lot oftimearguingaboutlegalniceties.他们花费了大量时间争论法律上的细微区别。
We don'tbotherwith all thesocialniceties here.我们略过这里的一切繁文缛节。
[U]formal
thefactthat something isbasedon veryslightdifferences
微妙；精确
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Detailed and careful
  • blow-by-blow
  • detailed
  • diligence
  • diligent
  • diligently
  • granular
  • in depthphrase
  • in the weedsidiom
  • intimately
  • intricate
  • intricately
  • nice
  • over-elaborate
  • over-fussy
  • painstaking
  • painstakingly
  • studious
  • thoroughness
  • white-glove
  • wonky
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(Definition ofnicetyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnicety

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The answer to this may be that the president is in fact making a different pledge and using a code to maintain diplomatic niceties.
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Not given to e rhetorical niceties, he next turned his attention to the campaign for similar legislation at the national level.
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Perhaps our ears are not fully attuned to the niceties of eighteenth-century idiom.
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There are some legal niceties attendant upon this definition with which it is fortunately not necessary to deal in the present outline.
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While military procurements were important, diplomatic niceties such as recognition were relegated to a lesser sphere.
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There is little point in objecting to the ignorance of their ways or their failure to observe the niceties of a stricter terminology.
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The law itself, framed as it is in terms of strict liability, is not concerned with any niceties which might be provoked by extenuating circumstances.
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More than logical niceties are at stake here.
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Biographies, scholarly essays and even hagiographic works were devoted to a president who seemed to relish his reputation for a disregard of democratic niceties.
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Secondly, while consumers typically understand the broad issues about organic foods, many tend not to understand the complexities and niceties of organic farming practices and organic food quality attributes.
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The difficulties are not just philosophical niceties.
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Geologists often fall into the trap of being so familiar with the problems that we can at times find it difficult to see that others do not understand the niceties.
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What are the grammatical niceties?
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With respect to the philosophy of mind, there seems to be something of an enthusiast's disdain for the niceties of philosophical pettifogging, even arguing by assertion.
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The division suggested between cultural and professional identities is not another theoreticalnicety.
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