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detail

/ˈdiːteɪl/ American
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  • n. 细节
  • v. 详述
Definition
  • n. a small individual fact or item about something
  • v. to describe something fully, giving all the facts
Example
She explained every detail of the plan carefully.
她仔细讲解了计划的每一个细节。
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Synonyms & Differences 近义词辨析

Compared meaning: a specific fact or item (noun).

比较义项:细节,具体的项目或事项(名词)。

  • particular

    More formal and slightly bureaucratic; usually appears as the plural noun 'particulars', meaning official or personal information such as name and address, rarely used this way in casual speech.

    更正式、略带公文色彩;通常以复数名词particulars出现,指姓名、地址等官方或个人资料,日常口语中很少这样使用。

    Fill in your particulars — name, age and address — on the registration form.

    请在报名表上填写你的个人资料细节——姓名、年龄和地址。

  • detail 本词

    The everyday, neutral word for a specific fact or item; used freely in singular or plural in any context, spoken or written, with no formal or bureaucratic tone.

    是日常、中性的用词,指某个具体的事实或事项;单复数皆可自由使用,口语和书面语中都很常见,没有正式或公文的色彩。

    She explained every detail of the plan carefully.

    她仔细讲解了这个计划的每一个细节。

Particular and detail both mean a specific fact or item, but particular is more formal and bureaucratic, usually appearing as particulars, meaning official information like a name or address. Detail is the everyday, neutral word for any specific fact, used freely in speech or writing.

这两个词在“细节、具体事项”这个意义上相近,但语域不同:particular较为正式、略显公文化,常以复数particulars出现,多指姓名、地址等官方或个人资料;detail是日常最常用的中性词,单复数皆可,口语书面语都常见。这里不比较particular作形容词表示“特定的、挑剔的”的用法(如a particular way of doing something)。