The devil is the detail.

——Downton Abbey

細(xì)節(jié)最重要。

——《唐頓莊園》

一、關(guān)于detail，你應(yīng)該知道的用法有

n.

1.細(xì)節(jié)，詳情?the small facts or features of sth, when you consider them all together

The full details of the agreement haven't been made public.

協(xié)議的細(xì)節(jié)尚未公布。

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2.細(xì)枝末節(jié)，瑣事?a small individual fact or item; a less important fact or item

Sadat seemed free of the obsession with detail.

薩達(dá)特不那么注重細(xì)微末節(jié)。

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3.（畫等的）細(xì)部?a small part of a picture or painting; the smaller or less important parts of a picture, pattern, etc. when you consider them all together

But much like detail, poetics provides a depth of information in an image that simple snapshots don't convey.

不過(guò)，跟細(xì)部很像的是，詩(shī)意又付予一張相片一種意念的深度，那是單純的快照所無(wú)法表達(dá)的。

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v.

1.詳述，仔細(xì)匯報(bào)，清晰地說(shuō)明 [T]?to give a list of facts or all the available information about sth

Could you detail all your expenses on this form?

請(qǐng)把你的各項(xiàng)開(kāi)支列在這張表格上，好嗎？

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2.選派 [T]?give an official order to sb, especially a soldier, to do a particular task

He detailed a constable to take it to the Incident Room.

他派了一名警察把它送到重案調(diào)查室。

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3.畫詳圖；給于細(xì)部裝飾 [I]

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二、你知道detail和哪些詞更搭嗎？

in detail

adv.詳細(xì)地

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detail file

說(shuō)明資料，明細(xì)檔案，細(xì)目文檔

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三、接下來(lái)，做個(gè)填詞游戲吧

I can't go into _______ now; it would take too long.
我現(xiàn)在不能細(xì)說(shuō),太費(fèi)工夫。 ?