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  • Conjugation : past  detailed ; pp  detailed ; ing  detailing
  • Derivatives : adj  detailed
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

detail ['diːteɪl]
  1. 1. noun [c] (individual feature,minor point) 细节
  2. 2. noun [u] (in picture,work etc) 细节
  3. 3. vt. [frm] (list) 详述
  4. 4. n pl details 详情
    in detail
    详细
    to (not) go into details
    (没有)详细叙述

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

detail [ˈdiːteɪl]
  1. 1. n.[c] 细节细部局部
    I proceeded to pass on as many details as I could remember.
    开始尽可能多地讲述记起详细情况
    Several of the details are similar.
    有几处细节相似的
  2. 2. n.[u] 详细说明详细处理
    I sat there trying to remember all the details of what she had told me.
    我坐在那里努力回忆告诉我的所有情况
    The essay contained too much detail.
    这篇文章包含了过多细节。
  3. 3. n.[c] 小分队队员,特遣队成员
    A detail of secret service agents were roaming the streets.
    一个特工小组正在街上随意走着。
    A detail was sent to remove the fallen trees.
    一个专门小组被派去移走刮倒的树木
  4. 4. n.[c] [Military] 特遣队,特派小分队
    The detail will support with the raid.
    一组临时小分队配合这次突击
  5. 5. vt. 详述细说详细介绍
    The charts given here are detailed enough to show the overall view.
    这里给出的图表十分详尽足以说明全部情况
  6. 6. vt. 特遣,特派
    The detective was detailed to a desk job.
    这个侦探被派去做文案工作
    The ambulances were detailed to the fire station.
    这辆救护车派遣到了消防队
  7. 7. vt. 列举逐项列出

Collins English-English Dictionary

detail ['diːteɪl]
  1. 1. n an item or smaller part that is considered separately; particular
  2. 2. n an item or circumstance that is insignificant or unimportant
    passengers' comfort was regarded as a detail
  3. 3. n treatment of or attention to items or particulars
    this essay includes too much detail
  4. 4. n items collectively; particulars
  5. 5. n a small or accessory section or element in a painting, building, statue, etc, esp when considered in isolation
  6. 6. n [Military] the act of assigning personnel for a specific duty, esp a fatigue
  7. 7. n the personnel selected
  8. 8. n the duty or assignment
  9. 9. vt. [tr] to list or relate fully
  10. 10. vt. [Military] to select (personnel) for a specific duty
  11. 11. vt. to decorate or elaborate (carving, etc) with fine delicate drawing or designs
  12. 12. vt. [Etymology] C17: from French détail, from Old French detailler to cut in pieces, from de- dis-1 + tailler to cut; see tailor

Examples

go into detail about a trip
详细说明旅行的安排
with excruciating attention to detail
极其注意细节
She described the earthquake's destruction in vivid detail.
她绘声绘色地描述了地震的破坏力。
to have a keen eye for detail
对细节有敏锐的观察力
in minute detail
细枝末节

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