subtle
adj. 微妙的; 敏感的; 狡猾的; 巧妙的
Something that is subtle is not immediately obvious or noticeable.
...the slow and subtle changes that take place in all living things...
发生在所有生物身上的缓慢而细微的变化
Intolerance can take subtler forms too.
过敏反应也可能会表现得很不明显。
A subtle person cleverly uses indirect methods to achieve something.
I even began to exploit him in subtle ways...
我甚至开始巧妙地利用他。
He is a subtle character, you know.
你知道他为人狡猾。
Subtle smells, tastes, sounds, or colours are pleasantly complex and delicate.
...subtle shades of brown.
淡棕色
...delightfully subtle scents.
怡人的淡淡香气
1. be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind;
2. faint and difficult to analyze;
3. able to make fine distinctions;
4. working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way;
delicate, fine, subtle
这3个形容词均含"微妙的,细微的"之意。
Note the subtle gradation of / in colour in this painting.
注意这幅画中色彩的细微变化.
Her training warned her of peril and of the wrong, subtle, mysterious, luring.
她的教养警告她:有危险,要出错儿, 这是微妙 、 神秘而又诱人的.
The art of origamiisfragile, light and subtle and the digital process is the same.
折纸艺术是懦弱的和奥妙的这与数字化的进程是雷同的.
Her subtle furniture designs made room for the bright swaths of color.
她精细的家具设计为家增添了一道道明丽的彩色风景.
You have some subtle thought and it comes out like a piece of broken bottle.
你有一些绝妙的想法,可是一说出来却象是破瓶子的一片碎片.