nicety

• n. 精密；美好；細節；拘泥細節

來自nice，細致的。

nicety (n.)

mid-14c., "folly, stupidity," from Old French niceté "foolishness, childishness, simplicity," from nice "silly" (see nice). Underwent sense evolution parallel to nice, arriving at "minute, subtle point" 1580s and "exactitude" in 1650s. Phrase to a nicety "exactly" is attested from 1795.

1. the nicety of his argument

他那論證的精確嚴密

來自《權威詞典》

2. The character of the hero is depicted to a nicety.

男主人公的性格刻畫得非常細膩.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. He figured out his program for the day to a nicety.

他已經巧妙地排下了一天的工作程序.

來自辭典例句

4. I must say they become one another to a nicety.

我隻好說他們恰好不相上下.

來自辭典例句

5. The job calls for nicety of judgment.

這一工作要求判斷精確.

來自辭典例句