| 释义 |
unˈsubtle, a.
(un-1 7.)
a1500Ratis Raving i. 877 For sen [? read few] vnsubtill that are fals Eschapis vnhyngyt be the hals. 1942A. L. Rowse Cornish Childhood ii. 29 My father..was a man of simple texture, upright, hard-working..but he was uneducated, unintrospective, unsubtle. 1978R. Nixon Mem. 526 The Soviets moved troops to the Chinese border in an unsubtle attempt to tie up Chinese forces and prevent them from going to the aid of Pakistan.
Hence unˈsubtly adv.
1934in Webster. 1959Times 24 Oct. 9/1 French vowels fall unsubtly from her lips. 1976Daily Tel. 8 July 16 Anyone who goes around announcing, or unsubtly implying, that he is so terribly tough, aggressive and exciting is unlikely to be any of those things. |