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minutiae

/mi-noo-shee-ee, mi-noo-shuh, -shee-uh, -nyoo-/US // mɪˈnu ʃiˌi, mɪˈnu ʃə, -ʃi ə, -ˈnyu- //UK // (mɪˈnjuːʃɪˌiː) //

细枝末节,琐事,细节问题,细节

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n.名词(复数) plural noun
  1. 1

    singular mi·nu·ti·a [mi-noo-shuh, -shee-uh, -nyoo-]. /mɪˈnu ʃə, -ʃi ə, -ˈnyu-/.

    • : precise details; small or trifling matters: the minutiae of his craft.

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Examples

  • This inveterate list maker also loved minutiae; in his copious account books, he kept track of every cent he ever spent.

  • Trekkies are defensive about the minutiae of their sacred source material, sometimes to the point of pretension.

  • The two companies have been competing over minutiae for a long time.

  • By and large, they tend to be carefully choreographed retellings of political minutiae that serve to justify decisions.

  • This I can assert as a fact, that those distinctions are perceived by the angels in heaven as to their minutiae.

  • I am very close and careful you see, in all minutiae; always was,—pave 'em with rubbish and stones, 6d.

  • There is no need to go through the minutiae of the struggle.

  • This Sunday morning she was very busy with domestic minutiae.

  • She seemed to understand his trials by instinct, and even the minutiae of his work made themselves curiously clear to her.