细节决定成败：你应该掌握的detail的用法

Our life is frittered away by detail.

——Henry David Thoreau, Walden

我们的生命被琐碎消耗至尽。

——亨利·戴维·梭罗《瓦尔登湖》

一、你知道details有几种含义吗？

n.

1.细节，详情 the small facts or features of sth, when you consider them all together

The full details of the agreement haven't been made public.

协议的细节尚未公布。

2.细枝末节，琐事 a small individual fact or item; a less important fact or item

Sadat seemed free of the obsession with detail.

萨达特不那么注重细微末节。

3.（画等的）细部 a small part of a picture or painting; the smaller or less important parts of a picture, pattern, etc. when you consider them all together

But much like detail, poetics provides a depth of information in an image that simple snapshots don't convey.

不过，跟细部很像的是，诗意又付予一张相片一种意念的深度，那是单纯的快照所无法表达的。

v.

1.详述，仔细汇报，清晰地说明 [T] to give a list of facts or all the available information about sth

Could you detail all your expenses on this form?

请把你的各项开支列在这张表格上，好吗？

2.选派 [T] to give an official order to sb, especially a soldier, to do a particular task

He detailed a constable to take it to the Incident Room.

他派了一名警察把它送到重案调查室。

二、你知道details和哪些词更搭吗？

in detail

adv.详细地

detail file

说明资料，明细档案，细目文档

三、学习了detail的用法之后，来做个填词游戏

Not a single         is to be omitted.

任何细节不得遗漏。