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...
發生在所有生物身上的緩慢而細微的變化
Intolerance can take subtler forms too.
過敏反應也可能會表現得很不明顯。
A subtle person cleverly uses indirect methods to achieve something.
I even began to exploit him in subtle ways...
我甚至開始巧妙地利用他。
He is a subtle character, you know.
你知道他為人狡猾。
Subtle smells, tastes, sounds, or colours are pleasantly complex and delicate.
...subtle shades of brown.
淡棕色
...delightfully subtle scents.
怡人的淡淡香氣
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
這3個形容詞均含"微妙的,細微的"之意。
Note the subtle gradation of / in colour in this painting.
注意這幅畫中色彩的細微變化.
Her training warned her of peril and of the wrong, subtle, mysterious, luring.
她的教養警告她:有危險,要出錯兒, 這是微妙 、 神秘而又誘人的.
The art of origamiisfragile, light and subtle and the digital process is the same.
摺紙藝術是懦弱的和奧妙的這與數字化的程序是雷同的.
Her subtle furniture designs made room for the bright swaths of color.
她精細的傢俱設計為家增添了一道道明麗的彩色風景.
You have some subtle thought and it comes out like a piece of broken bottle.
你有一些絕妙的想法,可是一說出來卻象是破瓶子的一片碎片.