a very slight difference in meaning, sound, colour or somebody’s feelings that is not usually very obvious (意義、聲音、顔色、感情等方面的)細微差别 He watched her face intently to catch every nuance of expression. 他認真地注視着她的臉,捕捉每一絲細微的表情變化。 Her singing has both warmth of sound and delicacy of nuance. 她的演唱既熱情豪放,又不失細致溫柔。 You need to be able to convey the subtle nuances of meaning of each word. 你得要表達出每個詞意義上的細微差别。
Extra ExamplesIt took a while to get used to the social nuances of the office. 過一段時間才適應了辦公室裏微妙的人際關系。 Spectators may not understand all the nuances of the game. 觀衆也許不明白這個遊戲的所有微妙之處。 the painting's subtle nuances of colour and texture 這幅畫顔色和質地的微妙之處
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fine
- little
- slight
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- appreciate
- understand
- capture
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Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French, ‘shade, subtlety’, from nuer ‘to shade’, based on Latin nubes ‘cloud’.