細枝末節：detail的用法精講

The devil is the detail.

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——Downton Abbey

細節最重要。

——《唐頓莊園》

一、關於detail，你應該知道的用法有

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] 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。

3.畫詳圖；給於細部裝飾 [I]

二、你知道detail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、接下來，做個填詞遊戲吧

I can't go into _______ now; it would take too long.
我現在不能細說,太費工夫。