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Nuance N Distinction Latin Nju:'ɑ:Ns N.细微的差异 英 细微的差异(Shade

单词 nuance
音标 [nju:'ɑ:ns]
解释 n.细微的差异
红宝书 【英】 n. 细微的差异(shade of difference)
【考】 nuance : distinction / hint : suggestion(程度[类比] 细微差别→明显差别/ 暗示→明确建议)反义词:patent difference(明显的差 异)
【例】 the slightest nuance of change in foreign policy
字源 nuance (n.)
1781, from French nuance "slight difference, shade of color" (17c.), from nuer "to shade," from nue "cloud," from Gallo-Roman *nuba, from Latin nubes "a cloud, mist, vapor," from PIE *sneudh- "fog" (cognates: Avestan snaoda "clouds," Latin obnubere "to veil," Welsh nudd "fog," Greek nython, in Hesychius "dark, dusky"). According to Klein, a reference to "the different colors of the clouds."
nuance (v.)
1886, from nuance (n.). Related: Nuanced.
不择手段背单词 n. (意义、感情或音调等的)细微的差异
【记】nu牛, ance读: 盎司-牛用盎司来称体重, 因为只有细微差别
【类】nuance: distinction = hint: suggestion细微差别是不易察觉的差别 = 暗示是不易察觉的建议
【反】patent difference(明显的差异); lack of subtlety(缺乏微妙); sharp distinction(明显差别)
趣味全助记 【记】new + ounce 盎司 新的盎司与旧的盎司只有细微的差异

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