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the niceties of sth
这里 nicety 用复数，表示某一领域里需要注意的细节或微妙差别。
She knows the niceties of diplomatic protocol.
她懂得外交礼仪的细微之处。
精确；准确；得体
niceties — plural of nicety
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
精确；准确；得体
the quality of being exactly right, proper, or in accordance with a standard of correctness
She knows the niceties of diplomatic protocol.
她懂得外交礼仪的细微之处。
小细节或细微差别。
A small detail or distinction.
使用的精细或准确；精确；精密。
Subtlety or precision of use; exactness; preciseness.
常因过分讲究而形成的性格或情感上的细腻；过分挑剔。
A delicacy of character or feeling usually from excessive refinement; fastidiousness.
社交礼节(social nicety)的同义词。
Synonym of social nicety.
Politeness involves more than just following social niceties.
礼貌不只是遵守社交礼节。
She mastered the niceties of formal correspondence in her first week at work.
她上班第一周就掌握了正式书信往来的礼节细节。
We should not ignore the small niceties that make guests feel welcome.
我们不应忽视那些让客人感到受欢迎的微小礼节。
这里 nicety 用复数，表示某一领域里需要注意的细节或微妙差别。
She knows the niceties of diplomatic protocol.
她懂得外交礼仪的细微之处。
固定习语，表示“恰好、精确地”，多修饰动词或形容词。
The roast was cooked to a nicety.
烤肉烤得恰到好处。
Not this
She speaks English nicety.
Use this
She speaks English nicely.
nicety 是名词，意为“精确、得体、细微差别”，不能修饰动词 speaks；应改用副词 nicely。
Not this
He cares about all the social nicety.
Use this
He cares about all the social niceties.
此处 nicety 是可数名词，指“社交礼节”时通常用复数 niceties，且前面的 all the 也要求复数形式。
Not this
Learning English is a nicety for her future.
Use this
Learning English is a necessity for her future.
nicety 表示“美好、精细、细微差别”，不表示“必需的事物”；表达“必需品/必要的事”应用 necessity。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
精确地；恰到好处地
She calculated the amount of paint to a nicety.
她把油漆的用量计算得精确无误。
社交礼节；社交上的繁文缛节
He never mastered the social niceties.
他始终没有掌握社交礼节。
法律程序的细微之处
The judge was known for her attention to the niceties of legal procedure.
那位法官以注重法律程序的细微之处而著称。
遵守礼仪；讲究礼节
Even in a crisis, she observed the niceties.
即使在危急时刻，她也讲究礼节。
外交礼仪；外交辞令
They exchanged diplomatic niceties before the meeting began.
会议开始前，他们互相寒暄了一番外交辞令。
精确地；恰到好处地
He estimated the distance to a nicety and landed exactly on the target.
他精确地估计了距离，正好落在目标上。
……的细微之处；……的细节
She is familiar with the niceties of diplomatic protocol.
她熟悉外交礼仪的细微之处。
Use niceties naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想 nicety 开头像 nice（细致周到）：做事要 nice 到每一处细节，追求精确、得体，留意微妙差别。
语域：formal 常见场景：正式写作、礼仪讨论、词义辨析 nicety 通常用于正式语体，表示“准确、得体”或“细微差别”，日常口语中较少见。具体含义需根据上下文判断。
No common word rhymes exactly with nicety (/ˈnaɪsəti/). Society (/səˈsaɪəti/), variety (/vəˈraɪəti/) and piety (/ˈpaɪəti/) are near-rhymes: they share the /aɪəti/ ending but do not have the /s/ after the stressed vowel. City (/ˈsɪti/) is a spelling lookalike with a different vowel. Capacity (/kəˈpæsəti/) and simplicity (/sɪmˈplɪsəti/) share the final unstressed /səti/ with nicety, but the stress is on a different syllable; this sound is more often spelled -city, while nicety uses -cety.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.