細節決定成敗：你應該掌握的detail的用法

Our life is frittered away by detail.

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——Henry David Thoreau, Walden

我們的生命被瑣碎消耗至盡。

——亨利·戴維·梭羅《瓦爾登湖》

一、你知道details有幾種含義嗎？

n.

1.細節，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.

協議的細節尚未公佈。

2.細枝末節，瑣事 a small individual fact or item; a less important fact or item

Sadat seemed free of the obsession with detail.

薩達特不那麼注重細微末節。

3.（畫等的）細部 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，跟細部很像的是，詩意又付予一張相片一種意念的深度，那是單純的快照所無法表達的。

v.

1.詳述，仔細彙報，清晰地說明 [T] to give a list of facts or all the available information about sth

Could you detail all your expenses on this form?

請把你的各項開支列在這張表格上，好嗎？

2.選派 [T] to 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查室。

二、你知道details和哪些詞更搭嗎？

in detail

adv.詳細地

detail file

說明資料，明細檔案，細目文檔

三、學習了detail的用法之後，來做個填詞遊戲

Not a single         is to be omitted.

任何細節不得遺漏。