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subtle

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

微妙的,微妙,巧妙的,巧妙

Related Words

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

adj.nice, quiet, delicate
Synonyms
exquisite精致,玲珑剔透,精美的,精致的faint微弱的,淡淡的,晕眩的,晕倒的indirect间接,间接的,间线,间断的ingenious巧妙的,灵巧的,巧妙,巧妙地profound深刻的,精深的,深刻,精深slight纤细的,纤细,纤弱的,纤微sophisticated复杂的,复杂,成熟的,老练understated低调的,低调,轻描淡写,少有的attenuate衰减,递减,衰减的,渐进式attenuated衰减的,衰减,减弱的,衰减型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fine罚款,精细,精细的,细致finespun罚款,罚款单,罚款罚款,罚款罚款罚款罚款hairline发际线,发线,发迹线,头发丝hairsplitting分歧性,分裂,分歧,分裂的头发illusive虚幻的,难以捉摸,捉摸不定的,捉摸不定implied隐含的,隐含,暗示的,隐含着inconspicuous不显眼的,不显眼,不明显的,不明显indistinct隐隐约约,隐约可见,模糊不清的,隐约可见的inferred推断出的,推断的,推论的,推断insinuated暗示的,隐含的,暗示,含沙射影mental精神,精神的,精神上的,心理penetrating通透的,透彻的,穿透力强,穿透力强的refined精致,精致的,精制,精制的suggestive暗示性的,提示性的,暗示性,提示性tenuous脆弱的,勉强,脆弱,棘手的thin薄,单薄,薄薄的,细
adj.clever, cunning
Synonyms
complex复杂的,复杂,复合,复合体detailed详细,详细的,详尽,详尽的insidious阴险的,阴险,阴毒的,阴险狡诈intriguing耐人寻味的,耐人寻味,耐人寻味的是,令人好奇的precise准确,精确,准确的,精密shrewd精明的,精明,精明能干,聪明的skillful娴熟,娴熟的,熟练的,熟练sly狡猾的,狡猾,诡谲,诡异的analytic分析性的,分析性,分析的,分析学analytical分析性的,分析性,分析师,剖析性artful艺术性的,艺术性,艺术的,艺术性强astute精明的,精明,狡黠的,聪明的crafty狡猾的,狡猾,狡猾的人,狡黠的deep深,深深的,深的,深入designing设计,设置,设,创作设计devious狡猾的,奸诈的,邪恶的,狡诈的dexterous心灵手巧,心灵手巧的,轻巧,轻巧的exacting严格的,严格,严谨,严谨的foxy狡猾的,狡猾,狐狸精,狡猾的人guileful狡猾的,狡猾的人,狡诈的,狡黠的keen敏锐的,热情的,敏锐,热切的penetrating通透的,透彻的,穿透力强,穿透力强的perceptive敏锐的,敏锐,敏锐的洞察力,敏锐的人ratiocinative比率性,比率性的,比率化的,比率化scheming谋略,心计,谋划,心术wily狡猾的,聪明的,狡猾,狡猾的人

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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