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oversubtle

/suht-l/US // ˈsʌt l //UK // (ˈsʌtəl) //

过分含蓄,过于含蓄,过分隐蔽,过于含蓄的

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ingenious巧妙的,灵巧的,巧妙,巧妙地faint微弱的,淡淡的,晕眩的,晕倒的slight纤细的,纤细,纤弱的,纤微profound深刻的,精深的,深刻,精深sophisticated复杂的,复杂,成熟的,老练indirect间接,间接的,间线,间断的exquisite精致,玲珑剔透,精美的,精致的understated低调的,低调,轻描淡写,少有的precise准确,精确,准确的,精密detailed详细,详细的,详尽,详尽的intriguing耐人寻味的,耐人寻味,耐人寻味的是,令人好奇的sly狡猾的,狡猾,诡谲,诡异的skillful娴熟,娴熟的,熟练的,熟练shrewd精明的,精明,精明能干,聪明的insidious阴险的,阴险,阴毒的,阴险狡诈complex复杂的,复杂,复合,复合体attenuate衰减,递减,衰减的,渐进式deep深,深深的,深的,深入discriminating歧视性的,歧视性,辨证的,识别性的ethereal空灵的,空灵,虚无缥缈,空旷的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    sub·tler, sub·tlest.

    • : thin, tenuous, or rarefied, as a fluid or an odor.
    • : fine or delicate in meaning or intent; difficult to perceive or understand: subtle irony.
    • : delicate or faint and mysterious: a subtle smile.
    • : requiring mental acuteness, penetration, or discernment: a subtle philosophy.
    • : characterized by mental acuteness or penetration: a subtle understanding.
    • : cunning, wily, or crafty: a subtle liar.
    • : insidious in operation: subtle poison.
    • : skillful, clever, or ingenious: a subtle painter.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inmetaphysical
Synonyms
abstract抽象的,抽象,抽取,抽象派abstruse玄妙,玄妙的,艰深的,艰深难懂esoteric深奥的,深奥,深入浅出,奥秘的mystical神秘的,神奇的,神秘,神奇philosophical哲学的,哲学,哲学上的,哲理spiritual精神,灵性,精神上的,精神方面supernatural超自然的,超自然,超自然现象,超自然界theoretical理论上,理论,理论上讲,理论性的bodiless无身,无体,无身者,无体的deep深,深深的,深的,深入difficult困难,难,艰难,困难的discarnate无形的,无形中的,飞天,无形中eternal永恒的,永恒,永恒不变,永恒不变的fundamental基本,基本的,根本,基础high-flown高高在上的,高高在上,高扬的,高扬ideal理想,理想的,理想状态,理想中的immaterial非物质,不重要,非物质的,不重要的impalpable无可替代的,坚不可摧的,无形的,坚不可摧incorporeal无形的,无体的,无实体的,无生命的insubstantial不实在的,不切实际,不切实际的,非实质性intangible非物质,非物质的,非物质性,非物质性的intellectual知识分子,知识份子,知识分子的,知识份子的jesuitic耶稣会士,耶酥,耶稣会,耶稣基督nonmaterial非物质,非物质的,非物质性,非物资nonphysical无形的,无形中的,无形中,无形numinous无形的,无形中的,无形中,无形preternatural超自然的,超自然,特异功能,特异功能的profound深刻的,精深的,深刻,精深recondite深奥的,复杂的,深奥难懂,深奥难懂的superhuman超人,超人类,超人的,超凡superior优异的,优异,优等生,优越的supermundane超世俗,超世俗的,超凡脱俗,超凡的suprahuman超人类,超人,超人间,超级人类supramundane超现实主义,超现实主义的,超凡脱俗,超凡的supranatural超自然的,超自然,超自然界,超自然界的transcendental超越性,超验的,超越性的,超越的unearthly非凡的,神秘的,神奇的,非凡unfleshly没有肉体的,不成体统,没有肉体,不成体统的universal普及,普遍性,普遍,普遍的unphysical无形的,无形中,无形中的,无形unreal虚幻的,虚幻,虚无缥缈,不真实的unsubstantial不实在的,不切实际,不切实际的,不真实的

Examples

  • On a per-million basis, the United States’ position in 11th place goes to 15th — a slight but subtle improvement.

  • That led Connecticut’s governor to make a subtle, but crucial, change to the state’s election rules on the day before the election.

  • The answer is almost certainly yes, given another subtle change the company made in its amended filing today.

  • What’s subtle is that an equivalence between two objects should be recorded as additional data.

  • Insider threats, where a company’s own employee carries out a cyberattack against it, are an especially pernicious and subtle form of hacking.

  • Again, the difference can seem subtle and sound more like splitting hairs, but the difference is important.

  • At that time, pre -9/11, the links were more subtle and had to be hunted down.

  • Hammerstein continued his subtle quest for racial equanimity in Oklahoma!

  • In recent days, there has been a subtle feeling of defeat permeating through the camp.

  • Vreeland believes that in the end, his grandmother put her subtle seal of approval on his lifestyle.

  • Her voice was stern; it bore to the girl's ears a subtle, unworded repetition of the threat the Marquise had already voiced.

  • It was a curious moment, charged with a subtle perplexity of emotions none of them quite understood.

  • It was the spiritual way, whose method and secret lie in that subtle paradox: Yield to conquer.

  • A subtle current of desire passed through her body, weakening her hold upon the brushes and making her eyes burn.

  • The champagne was cold, and its subtle fumes played fantastic tricks with Edna's memory that night.

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