Word · Frequency #14000
technicality
技术性细节；程序性细节
核心释义
A minor detail, rule, or law that seems insignificant to a non-specialist but can have significant consequences in a larger matter.
- 1.
The quality or state of being technical.
- 2.
That which is technical, or peculiar to any trade, profession, sect, or the like.
- 3.
A minor detail, rule, law, etc., seemingly insignificant to a non-specialist but which has significant consequences in larger matters.
技术性；技术性质；专业术语；行业术语；专门性；学术性；技术的使用；[法] 专门的事项
用法In use
The refund was refused on a technicality: my receipt had faded and was unreadable.
用法提示：technicality 为可数名词，指导致退款被拒绝的程序性细节。
The flight was delayed because of a technicality in the booking system, so we missed the connection.
用法提示：technicality 表示系统中的一个小细节，造成了延误。
The contract is full of legal technicalities that the average reader would not notice.
用法提示：technicalities 为 technicality 的复数，指合同里细小的规则或程序性事项。
on a technicality
常用于法律语境，指因程序或形式上的小问题导致结果改变。
The lawsuit was dismissed on a technicality.
诉讼因一个技术性细节而被驳回。
a minor technicality
用于淡化问题，表示无需过分担忧。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- legal technicality
- 法律技术细节；法律程序上的琐碎细节
- The case was dismissed on a legal technicality.该案因一个法律技术细节而被驳回。
- a mere technicality
- 无足轻重的技术细节
- The objection was dismissed as a mere technicality.该异议被当作无足轻重的技术细节而不予理会。
- procedural technicality
- 程序性技术细节
- The application was rejected due to a procedural technicality.申请因一个程序性技术细节而被拒绝。
- on a technicality
- 因技术性细节；凭技术细节
- The verdict was set aside on a technicality.该判决因一个技术性细节而被撤销。
- technicalities of the law
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
由 technical（技术）加上名词后缀 -ity，记住：技术性细节往往是小规定左右大局。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：legal and administrative procedures、everyday conversation technicality 指“技术性/程序性细节”时，正式程度会随场合变化：在法律、行政、规则讨论中比较常见，也可能在口语里说“just a technicality”表示“只是细节问题”。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with technicality: each ends with a stressed /æləti/ sound (locality and practicality share the exact /ˈkæləti/ ending). Be careful with spelling lookalikes like technical /ˈtɛknɪkəl/ and technology /tekˈnɑːlədʒi/, which do not rhyme.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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