名词

1. 细微差别;微妙之处
Subtleties are very small details or differences which are not obvious.

2. 精妙;精细;细微;微妙
Subtlety is the quality of being not immediately obvious or noticeable, and therefore difficult to describe.

3. 细致;敏锐
Subtlety is the ability to notice and recognize things which are not obvious, especially small differences between things.

4. 诡秘;狡猾;巧妙
Subtlety is the ability to use indirect methods to achieve something, rather than doing something that is obvious.

1. the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze

e.g. you had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew

Synonym: niceness

2. a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude

e.g. without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor
don't argue about shades of meaning

Synonym: nuancenicetyshaderefinement