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单词 technicality
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Definition of technicality in English:

technicality

nounPlural technicalities ˌtɛknɪˈkalɪtiˌtɛknəˈkælədi
  • 1A point of law or a small detail of a set of rules, as contrasted with the intent or purpose of the rules.

    their convictions were overturned on a technicality

    以一规则细节推翻了对他们的定罪。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This conviction was later overturned on a technicality.
    • Having decided the decision between borrowers and lenders on the legal interpretation of a single word, he then hides behind another technicality.
    • Often, forensic testimony is dismissed on a technicality, like an assumption the investigator made or the way he described something to the jury.
    • He was acquitted on a technicality last month, but has been asked by the government to provide a full explanation for his conduct.
    • But this is all a matter of procedure and technicality, not the moral heart of the matter.
    • And in a third major terrorism case, the Justices ruled on a technicality, sidestepping the merits of that case.
    • A charge was brought against the officer who was found not guilty on a technicality.
    • So it's a formal legal rule that has saved them, rather than a technicality.
    • The life of a prosecutor is not an easy one especially when offenders are acquitted on a technicality.
    • New guidelines to independent appeals panels call for them to take into account the impact on the whole school of bringing back excluded pupils, and not to reinstate pupils on a technicality.
    • The civil case was dismissed on a technicality but was later revived.
    • The only people it really helps are those accused of crime in the courts, to allow them sometimes to get off on a technicality.
    • The case was then sent back for a retrial on a technicality.
    • In any event, no serious artiste should want to enter any level of competition purely on the basis of a loophole or technicality.
    • They won on a technicality and now I am supposed to pay a lot of money which I won't pay.
    • Charges of making false medical aid claims against him were dropped on a technicality and he instantly claimed he was innocent.
    • But the conviction was overturned on a technicality.
    • The Court must rule on a technicality about the institution's legal status, not that the director was a serial abuser.
    • Who knows, maybe something good will come of this, or maybe, as often happens, the whole process will get stuck in some kind of regulation technicality or other.
    • The Tennessee Supreme Court eventually reversed that conviction on a technicality, and the law was finally repealed in 1967.
    Synonyms
    unimportant point, insignificant item, trivial fact, nicety, subtlety
    1. 1.1technicalities The specific details or terms belonging to a particular field.
      技术性细节;专门名称,术语
      he has great expertise in the technicalities of the game

      他精通该项比赛的各种技术性细节。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Some saw the ad as providing explanation and making them think, but for others there were too many technicalities to come to terms with.
      • You know Lou, I really don't know the technicalities of the issue in terms of that.
      • Rob, though, feels a professional and moral obligation to put technicalities in plain terms.
      • Previously the field was very messy, in terms of the technicalities.
      Synonyms
      details, niceties, subtleties, finer points, particulars, specifics
    2. 1.2mass noun The state of being technical; the use of technical terms or methods.
      技术性,专门性;技术(或术语)的使用
      the extreme technicality of the proposed constitution

      拟议章程的极度专业性。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He skilfully manages to convey the meat of the science without undue technicality, but also without any dumbing down.
      • The nature of average war cinema is one that trivializes the human consequences of war for a focus on pure excitement, strategy and technicality.
      • Some level of technicality in the treatment seems unavoidable.
      • Traditional ballet as a whole is being laid to rest in the ethereal stage technicality of rolling smoke and the dancers playing dead.
      • The band's strong technicality is vividly evident throughout.

Definition of technicality in US English:

technicality

nounˌtɛknəˈkælədiˌteknəˈkalədē
  • 1A point of law or a small detail of a set of rules.

    法律条款;规则细节

    their convictions were overturned on a technicality

    以一规则细节推翻了对他们的定罪。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But the conviction was overturned on a technicality.
    • They won on a technicality and now I am supposed to pay a lot of money which I won't pay.
    • But this is all a matter of procedure and technicality, not the moral heart of the matter.
    • The Tennessee Supreme Court eventually reversed that conviction on a technicality, and the law was finally repealed in 1967.
    • So it's a formal legal rule that has saved them, rather than a technicality.
    • The only people it really helps are those accused of crime in the courts, to allow them sometimes to get off on a technicality.
    • In any event, no serious artiste should want to enter any level of competition purely on the basis of a loophole or technicality.
    • New guidelines to independent appeals panels call for them to take into account the impact on the whole school of bringing back excluded pupils, and not to reinstate pupils on a technicality.
    • This conviction was later overturned on a technicality.
    • The life of a prosecutor is not an easy one especially when offenders are acquitted on a technicality.
    • The case was then sent back for a retrial on a technicality.
    • Charges of making false medical aid claims against him were dropped on a technicality and he instantly claimed he was innocent.
    • A charge was brought against the officer who was found not guilty on a technicality.
    • He was acquitted on a technicality last month, but has been asked by the government to provide a full explanation for his conduct.
    • And in a third major terrorism case, the Justices ruled on a technicality, sidestepping the merits of that case.
    • Who knows, maybe something good will come of this, or maybe, as often happens, the whole process will get stuck in some kind of regulation technicality or other.
    • Often, forensic testimony is dismissed on a technicality, like an assumption the investigator made or the way he described something to the jury.
    • The Court must rule on a technicality about the institution's legal status, not that the director was a serial abuser.
    • Having decided the decision between borrowers and lenders on the legal interpretation of a single word, he then hides behind another technicality.
    • The civil case was dismissed on a technicality but was later revived.
    Synonyms
    unimportant point, insignificant item, trivial fact, nicety, subtlety
    1. 1.1technicalities The specific details or terms belonging to a particular field.
      技术性细节;专门名称,术语
      he has great expertise in the technicalities of the game

      他精通该项比赛的各种技术性细节。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Some saw the ad as providing explanation and making them think, but for others there were too many technicalities to come to terms with.
      • Previously the field was very messy, in terms of the technicalities.
      • You know Lou, I really don't know the technicalities of the issue in terms of that.
      • Rob, though, feels a professional and moral obligation to put technicalities in plain terms.
      Synonyms
      details, niceties, subtleties, finer points, particulars, specifics
    2. 1.2 The state of being technical; the use of technical terms or methods.
      技术性,专门性;技术(或术语)的使用
      the extreme technicality of the proposed constitution

      拟议章程的极度专业性。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The band's strong technicality is vividly evident throughout.
      • Traditional ballet as a whole is being laid to rest in the ethereal stage technicality of rolling smoke and the dancers playing dead.
      • The nature of average war cinema is one that trivializes the human consequences of war for a focus on pure excitement, strategy and technicality.
      • Some level of technicality in the treatment seems unavoidable.
      • He skilfully manages to convey the meat of the science without undue technicality, but also without any dumbing down.
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