Subtle
['sʌt(ə)l] or ['sʌtl]
解释:
(superl.) Sly in design; artful; cunning; insinuating; subtile; -- applied to persons; as, a subtle foe.
(superl.) Cunningly devised; crafty; treacherous; as, a subtle stratagem.
(superl.) Characterized by refinement and niceness in drawing distinctions; nicely discriminating; -- said of persons; as, a subtle logician; refined; tenuous; sinuous; insinuating; hence, penetrative or pervasive; -- said of the mind; its faculties, or its operations; as, a subtle intellect; a subtle imagination; a subtle process of thought; also, difficult of apprehension; elusive.
(superl.) Smooth and deceptive.
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同义词及近义词：
a. [1]. Crafty, cunning, artful, sly, wily, arch, astute, designing, intriguing, insinuating, crooked, tricky, diplomatic, Machiavelian.[2]. Acute, keen, shrewd, sagacious, deep, profound.
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同义词及反义词：
SYN:Sly, artful, cunning, insinuating, wily, astute, nice, discriminating, crafty,fine, shrewd, sophistical, Jesuitical
ANT:Open, frank, honest, artless, undiscriminating, rough, blunt, undiscerning,unsophisticated, simple
整理:帕斯夸里
解释:
adj. subtile in a figurative sense: acute quick to discern or discriminate: insinuating sly artful: cunningly devised ingenious.—ns. Subt′leness Subt′lety quality of being subtle: artfulness: shrewdness: extreme acuteness.—adj. Subt′le-wit′ted sharp-witted.—adv. Subt′ly (B. Sub′tilly) ingeniously cleverly: artfully deceitfully.
手打:所罗门
例句:
- The whole game was one of subtle inter-suggestivity, and they wanted to keep it on the plane of suggestion. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- How subtle her influence was, she seemed to start his irritable attention into her direction exclusively, in one minute. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- And as she swung her head, her fine mane of hair just swept his face, and all his nerves were on fire, as with a subtle friction of electricity. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- And yet it all depends on the toilful conquest of a subtle and intricate art. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- He is subtle and watchful. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- We are only just in time to prevent some subtle and horrible crime. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- My sister and I, you will recollect, were twins, and you know how subtle are the links which bind two souls which are so closely allied. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- Yes; Mr. Casaubon often says I am too subtle. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- What subtle wickedness had the Count planned and executed in my absence? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Her brooding look, as of a mind withdrawn yet not averted, seemed to Mr. Rosedale full of a subtle encouragement. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- What if, for some one of the subtler reasons that would tell with both of them, they should tire of each other, misunderstand or irritate each other? 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- The pretty dresses of the maids lost their subtler day colours and showed more or less of a misty white. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- To think of that loud independence of Mattie's being only a subtler form of snobbishness! 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- And all the while, research studies their results, artists express subtler perceptions, critics refine and adapt the general culture of the times. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Sometimes it is some surer and subtler means. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- Mere display left her with a sense of superior distinction; but she felt an affinity to all the subtler manifestations of wealth. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- There is a further point, however, which is subtler and of greater interest. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- They said of old the Soul had human shape, But smaller, subtler than the fleshly self, So wandered forth for airing when it pleased. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- She was the finest, deepest, subtlest schemer in Europe. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- The far-reaching orange groves surrounding Riverside are one of the most beautiful of all beautiful sights in Southern California, and the fragrance of the blossoms is subtlest witchery. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- And they armed each other with knowledge, they extracted the subtlest flavours from the apple of knowledge. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
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