nuance

• n. 细微差别

来自法语nuance,细微差别，云影，来自拉丁语nubes,云朵，水气，词源同nebula,nimbus.

引申词义云彩的阴影，云影的细微差别。

1. a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude;

"without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"

"don't argue about shades of meaning"

nuance (n.)

1781, from French nuance "slight difference, shade of color" (17c.), from nuer "to shade," from nue "cloud," from Gallo-Roman *nuba, from Latin nubes "a cloud, mist, vapor," from PIE *sneudh- "fog" (cognates: Avestan snaoda "clouds," Latin obnubere "to veil," Welsh nudd "fog," Greek nython, in Hesychius "dark, dusky"). According to Klein, a reference to "the different colors of the clouds."

nuance (v.)

1886, from nuance (n.). Related: Nuanced.

He watched her face intently to catch every nuance of expression.

他认真地注视着她的脸，捕捉每一丝细微的表情变化。

牛津词典

We can use our eyes and facial expressions to communicate virtually every subtle nuance of emotion there is.

我们用眼睛和面部表情几乎就能传达出情感上的每一丝微妙变化。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

But nuance rarely figures in the debates of our age.

不过,在我们这个年代的辩论中,细节通常都不算数.

期刊摘选

I wish I hadn't become so conscious of every little nuance.

我希望我不要变得这样去思索一切琐碎之事.

辞典例句

Harmonies are often absent unless one accepts the musical nuance of imitation as structured harmony.

除非人们愿意接受仿效结构之美的细微差别,否则和谐之美往往都是不足的.

期刊摘选

With the slightest perceptible nuance he opened the way for bribery.

他以最不易察觉的手段试图进行贿赂.

辞典例句

Europeans prefer complexity and nuance, the Japanese revere minuteness and minimalism.

欧洲人更喜欢复杂及细微差别, 日本人崇敬细微和极简派艺术.

期刊摘选

Real Programmers know every nuance of every instruction and use them all in every Real Program.

真正的程序员深谙指令之间的细微差别,而且非在写的每一个程序中都体现出来不可.

期刊摘选

These users will easily learn each nuance of the applications they use.

这些用户会很快了解他们所使用程序的每一细微差别.

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Delicate notes of leather, tobacco, vanilla and clove enhanced by a nuance of mint and spices.

皮革 、 烟草 、 香草和丁香的混合芬芳中隐约含有薄荷和香料的香气.

期刊摘选

Few elements could capture the true complexity and nuance of a culture like Peking Opera can.

几个因素可以捕捉到真正的复杂性和细微差别的文化像京剧可以.

期刊摘选

He watched her face intently to catch every nuance of expression.

他认真地注视着她的脸,捕捉每一丝细微的表情变化.

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OBRIEN: Let's talk about the specific nuance, really, of that point.

奥布赖恩: 让我们详细地谈论一下细微的差别.

期刊摘选

I recognize the dangers subtlety and nuance in the face of the conservative movement's passionate intensity.

我看到了充满热情的保守派狂热运动所面临的些许危险.

期刊摘选

Not " getting " deception or nuance, they are straitlaced and humorless.

他们无法 [ 察觉 ] 欺骗或细微的表情, 因此显得死板而不具幽默感.

期刊摘选

The " national " in its headline was a regulatory nuance rather than a description.

它名称里 “ 国家 ” 这两个字并不是对它的描述,而只不过是一个政策上的细微差别而已.

期刊摘选

Marbled grey nuance , supplied in kits of 2 mats.

灰色大理石色调, 供应的每个套件″2块垫子.

期刊摘选

He loved every nuance of pain that crossed her face, every time he touched her.

他爱着当他碰她时,她脸上每一寸细微的痛.

期刊摘选

He watched her face intently to catch every nuance of expression.

他认真地注视着她的脸，捕捉每一丝细微的表情变化。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

We can use our eyes and facial expressions to communicate virtually every subtle nuance of emotion there is.

我们用眼睛和面部表情几乎就能传达出情感上的每一丝微妙变化。

柯林斯例句