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nicety n.准确；精确；细微的区别；优美的东西 (1) 这一工作要求判断准确。(2) 这是非常细微的一点。(3) 得一知己乃人生一大乐事。 Even the word nicety has niceties. The emphasis on detail can also refer to a precision or accuracy of sorts; if someone has judged something "to a nicety," they've judged it exactly. Yet another common meaning is in the sense of a minor aspect of polite behavior. Washing your hands before dinner is a "social nicety." So is covering your mouth when you cough. Now where would we be without niceties?

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英 ['naɪsəti] 美 ['naɪsəti] (1) The job calls for nicety of judgment.(2) This is a point of great nicety.(3) Having a bosom friend is one of the niceties of life. Clearly, you're interested in the nicety of a word's meaning if you're checking out this website. A nicety is a fine detail or shade of meaning that anything — not just a word — can possess. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词](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.   [usu pl]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。He wasted no time with social niceties.他没有在社交礼仪细节上浪费时间。...the language of diplomatic niceties.外交礼仪细节语言

英语单词	nicety
英美音标	英 ['naɪsəti] 美 ['naɪsəti]
中文释义	n.准确；精确；细微的区别；优美的东西
英语例句	(1) The job calls for nicety of judgment. (2) This is a point of great nicety. (3) Having a bosom friend is one of the niceties of life.
中文例句	(1) 这一工作要求判断准确。 (2) 这是非常细微的一点。 (3) 得一知己乃人生一大乐事。
vocabulary简明	Clearly, you're interested in the nicety of a word's meaning if you're checking out this website. A nicety is a fine detail or shade of meaning that anything — not just a word — can possess.
vocabulary扩展	Even the word nicety has niceties. The emphasis on detail can also refer to a precision or accuracy of sorts; if someone has judged something "to a nicety," they've judged it exactly. Yet another common meaning is in the sense of a minor aspect of polite behavior. Washing your hands before dinner is a "social nicety." So is covering your mouth when you cough. Now where would we be without niceties?
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词](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. [usu pl] 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。 He wasted no time with social niceties. 他没有在社交礼仪细节上浪费时间。 ...the language of diplomatic niceties. 外交礼仪细节语言

Nicety Meaning Detail Word Judged Dinner 英 Naɪsəti] 美