niceties

英 [ˈnaɪsɪtiz]

美 [ˈnaɪsɪtiz]

n.  细节; 细微的差别; 精确; 准确; 严密; 仔细
nicety的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (尤指好的礼仪或得体的举止方面的)细节，小节
  The niceties ofa situation are its details, especially with regard to good manners or the appropriate behaviour for that situation.
  1. 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。
  2. He wasted no time with social niceties.
     他没有在社交礼仪细节上浪费时间。
  3. ...the language of diplomatic niceties.
     外交礼仪细节语言

双语例句

• We don't have time to do preparation for anything-public appearances, or any of the niceties, said a Treasury official. Nobody gets any sleep.
  我们没有时间来为任何事情做准备公众形象，或任何细节，一位财政部官员表示，大家都没有睡过觉。
• Many scientists simply did not have time to school themselves in diplomatic niceties.
  很多科学家根本没有时间用外交场合的那种很讲究的细微末节来约束自己。
• Does he enjoy the job, I ask, instantly realising how silly the question must sound to someone born into a role where, despite his golf hobby, duty crowds out niceties such as work-life balance.
  我问他是否喜欢这份工作，但随即意识到，这个问题在他听来该有多么愚蠢尽管热爱高尔夫，但他天生就担负着的使命，让他无暇享受工作与生活平衡之类的美好事物。
• This was no time for bureaucratic niceties; it was a moment of peril.
  这不是体现官僚谨慎的时候，而是一个危险时刻。
• As for the legal niceties, we paid her off.
  说到法律上的细节，我们给了她不少钱。
• Sometimes I just want to stand up and scream in the middle of a restaurant, just because I'm tired of social niceties.
  有时候我在餐厅吃饭时真想站起来大喊一声，因为我厌倦了应酬。
• Having a bosom friend is one of the niceties of life.
  得一知己乃人生一大乐事。
• With all due respect, general, can the niceties! If this is a court-martial, then court-martial me!
  我万分尊敬的将军，说得详细点吧！如果这是军事法庭，那就审判我吧！
• Just tell me yes or no or provide help or point me to the right direction& no niceties or terms of endearment necessary.
  干脆点，告诉我“是”还是“否”，提供帮助或给我指路，不需要亲切的称呼或是表示喜爱的词汇。
• He wasted no time with social niceties.
  他没有在社交礼仪细节上浪费时间。