单词 | finesse |
释义 | finesse¹ 1.(elegant skill)技巧;手腕;手段;策略 Some people are able to carry out even mundane activities with finesse.即使平常事务, 一些人也能做得很有技巧。 There is no finesse to my cooking, but I do produce tasty nutritious meals.我做饭没什么妙招, 但我确实能够做出可口营养的饭菜。 2.(subtlety and tact)灵巧;机敏;巧妙 He handled momentous diplomatic challenges with tact and finesse.他多次机敏而巧妙地应对了重大外交挑战。 a forthright man with little time for finesse一个心直口快、不耍心眼的人 3.【牌】飞牌;飞张 4.<罕>(trick)计谋;诡计;谋略 The experts are aware of finesses that the rest of us can only dream about.专家们拥有我们其他人只能做梦才有的智谋。 finesse²🄰 vt. 1.(cleverly manage)巧妙处理;精准实施 He then finessed an approach shot from 80 yards.然后, 他从80码处打出了一杆精准的接近球。 You're good at finessing situations so that people don't boil over.正因为你擅长巧妙处理事务, 所以人们才相安无事。 2.(find a way around)绕开;避开 The ideological divide was artfully finessed in the final communiqué.在最终的公报里, 意识形态上的分歧被巧妙地避开了。 He finessed some difficult financial issues by accounting tricks that his opponents dubbed 'golden gimmicks'.他用被对手们戏称为“金招”的会计伎俩避开了一些棘手的财政问题。 3.(refine)使精致;使完美;使高效 The committee spent a good deal of time finessing their strategy.该委员会花费了大量时间完善策略。 to finesse sth into sth用技巧(或策略)把…变成… His genius lies in finessing wood into finely crafted furniture.他的天赋在于把木料打造成工艺精良的精美家具。 The crisis might have been finessed into a negotiated settlement.这场危机本来可以通过谈判得以解决。 4.【牌】飞(牌张) He finesses the jack of spades.他飞黑桃J。 🄱 vi. 【牌】出飞牌;飞张 She finessed in trumps.她飞出王牌。 |
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