nicety经典引文

1. 细节
2. 细微的区别
3. 微妙
4. 优美的东西
5. 挑剔
6. 优美
7. 拘泥细节
8. 严密
9. 准确
10. 考究
11. 熟练
12. 巧妙

1. conformity with some esthetic standard of correctness or propriety;

   "it was performed with justness and beauty"
   

2. 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"
   

1.(尤指好的礼仪或得体的举止方面的)细节，小节
The niceties of a situation are its details, especially with regard to good manners or the appropriate behaviour for that situation.

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e.g. By the end of term, girls will have learnt the niceties of dinner party conversation...
到学期结束，女生们将完成对晚宴谈话礼仪细节的学习。
e.g. He wasted no time with social niceties.
他没有在社交礼仪细节上浪费时间。

• to a nicety精细入微地
• a point of great nicety需要仔细考虑处...

• Those who can distinguish with the utmost nicety the boundaries of vice and virtue.

  出自：S. Johnson