detail /ˈdiːteɪl/ CET4 TEM4 ( detailing, detailed, details )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT The details of something are its individual features or elements. 细节

  例：

  The details of the plan are still being worked out.

  计划的细节还在制定中。

  例：

  No details of the discussions have been given.

  会谈的细节尚未透露。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A detail is a minor point or aspect of something, as opposed to the central ones. 枝节

  例：

  Only minor details now remain to be settled.

  只有细枝末节还没确定。

• 3. 

  N-PLURAL Details about someone or something are facts or pieces of information about them. 详情

  例：

  See the bottom of this page for details of how to apply for this exciting offer.

  关于如何申请这个令人激动的机会，详情请参看本页末。

• 4. 

  N-UNCOUNT You can refer to the small features of something which are often not noticed as detail. 细微处

  例：

  We like his attention to detail and his enthusiasm.

  我们喜欢他对细微之处的关注，以及他的热情。

• 5. 

  V-T If you detail things, you list them or give information about them. 详细列举; 详细说明

  例：

  The report detailed the human rights abuses committed during the war.

  这份报告详述了战时进行的人权践踏。

• 6. 

  N-COUNT A detail of people such as soldiers or prisoners is a small group of them who have been given a special task to carry out. 分遣队 [oft N 'of' n]

  例：

  ...a sergeant with a detail of four men.

  …1个带4人分遣队的中士。

• 7. 

  PHRASE If someone does not go into detail about a subject, or does not go into the details, they mention it without explaining it fully or properly. 详细叙述

  例：

  He doesn't wish to go into detail about all the events of those days.

  他不想详述那些天发生的所有事情。

• 8. 

  PHRASE If you examine or discuss something in detail, you do it thoroughly and carefully. 详细地

  例：

  We examine the wording in detail before deciding on the final text.

  我们详细检查了措辞，才确定了最终文本。