细枝末节：detail的用法精讲
The devil is the detail.
——Downton Abbey
细节最重要。
——《唐顿庄园》
一、关于detail，你应该知道的用法有
n.
1.细节，详情 the small facts or features of sth, when you consider them all together
The full details of the agreement haven't been made public.
协议的细节尚未公布。
2.细枝末节，琐事 a small individual fact or item; a less important fact or item
Sadat seemed free of the obsession with detail.
萨达特不那么注重细微末节。
3.（画等的）细部 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.
不过，跟细部很像的是，诗意又付予一张相片一种意念的深度，那是单纯的快照所无法表达的。
v.
1.详述，仔细汇报，清晰地说明 to give a list of facts or all the available information about sth
Could you detail all your expenses on this form?
请把你的各项开支列在这张表格上，好吗？
2.选派 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调查室。
3.画详图；给于细部装饰
二、你知道detail和哪些词更搭吗？
in detail
adv.详细地
detail file
说明资料，明细档案，细目文档
三、接下来，做个填词游戏吧
I can't go into _______ now; it would take too long.
我现在不能细说,太费工夫。
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