形容词微妙的; 巧妙的; 敏感的; 狡猾的
1. 不易察觉的;不明显的;微妙的
Something that is subtle is not immediately obvious or noticeable.
e.g. ...the slow and subtle changes that take place in all living things...
发生在所有生物身上的缓慢而细微的变化
e.g. Intolerance can take subtler forms too.
过敏反应也可能会表现得很不明显。
名词复合物; 场地; (筑有围墙的)院子; 复合词
及物动词调和; 使混合; 使严重; 调停
形容词复合; [语法学](句子)复合的; 合成的; 多功能的
不及物动词妥协; 和解; 达成协议; (通过妥协)解决债务、主权等
名词公司; 法人; 社团,团体; 〈口〉(凸出的)大肚子
1. 大公司;大企业
A corporation is a large business or company.
e.g. ...multi-national corporations.
跨国公司
e.g. ...the Seiko Corporation.
精工株式会社
2. (英国某些大城市的)市政委员会
In some large British cities, the corporation is the local authority that is responsible for providing public services.
e.g. ...the corporation's task of regenerating 900 acres of the inner city.
市政委员会改造900英亩的市中心贫民区的任务
名词想像,想像力; 空想,妄想; 想像出来的事物
1. 想象;想象力
Your imagination is the ability that you have to form pictures or ideas in your mind of things that are new and exciting, or things that you have not experienced.
e.g. Antonia is a woman with a vivid imagination...
安东尼娅是个想象力丰富的女人。
e.g. Alistair had a logical mind, and little imagination...
阿利斯泰尔逻辑思维能力很强,但缺乏想象力。
2. 想象;空想;幻想
Your imagination is the part of your mind which allows you to form pictures or ideas of things that do not necessarily exist in real life.
e.g. Long before I ever went there, Africa was alive in my imagination.
早在我真正踏足之前很久,非洲就已在我的脑海中活灵活现了。
3. 吸引…的注意力;摄人魂魄;引人入胜
If you say that someone or something captured your imagination, you mean that you thought they were interesting or exciting when you saw them or heard them for the first time.
e.g. Italian football captured the imagination of the nation last season.
上个赛季意大利足球吸引了全国上下的注意。
4. 发人深省;予人启迪
If you say that something stretches your imagination, you mean that it is good because it makes you think about things that you had not thought about before.
e.g. Their films are exciting and really stretch the imagination.
他们的电影非常精彩且发人深省。
5. not by any stretch of the imagination - see stretch
形容词矛盾的; 似非而是的; 反常的,荒谬的; 反论的,反面议论的
1. 自相矛盾的;似矛盾而(可能) 正确的
If something is paradoxical, it involves two facts or qualities which seem to contradict each other.
e.g. Some sedatives produce the paradoxical effect of making the person more anxious...
一些镇静剂适得其反,加重了患者的焦虑。
e.g. We were a team of individuals — as paradoxical as that sounds.
我们是一个保持了个体的团队——尽管这听起来自相矛盾。