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niceties

/nahy-si-tee/US // ˈnaɪ sɪ ti //UK // (ˈnaɪsɪtɪ) //

礼貌,礼貌用语,礼仪,舒适度

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ni·ce·ties.

    • : a delicate or fine point; punctilio: niceties of protocol.
    • : a fine distinction; subtlety; detail: the niceties of the filigree work.
    • : Usually niceties . a refined, elegant, or choice feature, as of manner or living: working hard to acquire the niceties of life.
    • : exactness or precision.
    • : the quality of being nice; niceness.
    • : delicacy of character, as of something requiring care or tact: a matter of considerable nicety.

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Examples

  • But an absence of niceties nor an unwillingness to conform is not a legitimate cause for impeachment.

  • That said, there are many legal niceties and mechanical details to learn.

  • Still, all these niceties logged, there is no getting away from the crazy coaches and poor kids.

  • For all of his theoretical warmth and rhetorical niceties, Burke was not just a conservative.

  • Who has time to worry about complying with all those legal niceties?

  • It is only the habit of speaking, the idioms and niceties, which cannot be acquired except by converse with a native.

  • My action may sound contemptible; but a woman in love does not stop to weigh niceties of behavior.

  • Men had to receive the very rudiments of culture before they could appreciate its niceties.

  • He early qualified himself as a translator by careful attention to philological niceties.

  • He did not, however, confine himself to rouge et noir, but soon learned all the niceties of that scientific game cart.