delicate是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 needing careful treatment, especially because easily damaged -- 脆弱的；嬌嫩的

  • Peaches have delicate skins which are easily bruised. 桃子的表皮很嬌嫩，容易碰傷。

  • Delicate plants need to be kept in a greenhouse during the winter. 嬌貴的植物需要在溫室裡過冬。

  • delicate china 易碎的瓷器

  • Molly's health has always been delicate (= she gets sick easily). 莫莉的身體一直都很嬌弱。

  • Repairing damaged nerves is a very delicate operation/process. 修復受損神經的手術／過程需要非常小心謹慎。

• 1 a situation. matter, etc. that needs to be dealt with carefully in order to avoid trouble or offence -- 微妙的形勢（問題，時刻等）

  • I need to speak to you about a delicate matter. 我要跟你談一件很棘手的事情。

  • The pay negotiations have reached a delicate point/stage. 工資談判已經到了微妙的關頭／階段。

  • Teachers need to strike a delicate (= carefully achieved) balance between instructing their students and letting them discover things for themselves. 教師需要在向學生傳授知識和引導學生自己去探索之間找到一個微妙的平衡點。

• 2 able to measure very small changes -- 精細的，精密的

  • Weather-forecasters have extremely delicate equipment which helps them predict what the weather is going to be like. 氣象預報人員使用非常精密的設備來幫助他們預測天氣變化。

• 3 pleasantly soft or light -- 柔和的；輕柔的；清淡的

  • a rose with a delicate scent 散發清香的玫瑰

  • a delicate shade of pink 柔和的粉色

  • We chose a delicate floral pattern for our bedroom curtains. 我們為睡房選了一種花色圖案非常淡雅的窗簾。

• 4 having a thin, attractive shape -- 纖細的，細長的

  • She folded her delicate hands on the table. 她纖纖十指交叉著放在桌上。