fine
n
sum of money that must be paid as a punishment for breaking a law or rule 罰金; 罰款
Offenders may be liable to a heavy fine. 觸犯者罰款很重. fine, v [Tn, Tn.pr, Dn.n]
~ sb (for sth/doing sth) punish sb by a fine 處某人以罰款
fined for dangerous driving 因危險駕駛而被罰款
The court fined him 500. 法庭罰他500英鎊.
fine adj (-r, -st)
1
(a) of high quality 高質(zhì)量的
a fine painting 精美的繪畫
a very fine performance 非常精彩的表演
fine food, clothes, material 上好的食品、 衣服、 材料.
(b) carefully and skilfully made; easily damaged; delicate 精制的; 易損壞的; 纖巧的
fine workmanship 精巧的手工
fine silk 細(xì)綢.
(c) good; beautiful; pleasing; enjoyable 好的; 美的; 漂亮的; 令人愉快的: a fine view 美麗的景色
We had a fine holiday in Switzerland. 我們在瑞士度過了一個愉快的假期.
(ironic 反語) This is a fine mess we're in! 好一個亂攤子!
2 (of weather) bright; clear; not raining (指天氣)晴朗的, 無云的, 無雨的
It poured all morning, but turned fine later. 下了一上午的瓢潑大雨, 後來才轉(zhuǎn)晴.
3 made of very small grains or particles 顆粒微小的
fine powder, flour, dust, etc 細(xì)粉末、 精制的面粉、 微細(xì)的灰塵
Sand is finer than gravel. 沙子比碎石細(xì).
4 slender; thin 纖細(xì)的; 細(xì)小的: fine thread 細(xì)線
a pencil with a fine point 很尖的鉛筆.
5 (of metals) refined; pure (指金屬)精煉的, 純的: fine gold 純金.
6
(a) difficult to perceive; subtle 難於察覺的; 細(xì)微的
You are making very fine distinctions. 你做的區(qū)分非常精細(xì).
(b) that can make delicate and careful distinctions 能辨別細(xì)微差別的
a fine sense of humour 敏銳的幽默感
a fine taste in art 對藝術(shù)的細(xì)致的鑒賞力.
7 (of speech or writing) ornate; rhetorical; complimentary, esp in an insincere way (指語言或文字)詞藻華麗的, 修辭的, 恭維的(尤指虛偽地)
His speech was full of fine words which meant nothing. 他的講話凈是華而不實的詞藻.
8 in good health; well; comfortable 健康的; 舒適的
`How are you?' `Fine, thanks.' `你好嗎?'`很好, 謝謝!'
9 (infml 口) satisfactory 滿意的
I'm not very hungry a small snack is fine for me. 我不太餓--來點小吃就夠了.
10 (idm 習(xí)語) chance would be a fine thing => chance1. the finer points (of sth) the details or aspects of sth which can be recognized and appreciated only by those who understand or know it well 只有行家才能領(lǐng)悟和欣賞到的某些方面或細(xì)節(jié)
I don't understand the finer points of snooker but I enjoy watching it on TV. 我不太懂落袋臺球游戲, 但我喜歡看電視里的這種節(jié)目. get sth down to a fine `art (infml 口) learn to do sth perfectly 學(xué)會將某事物做得盡善盡美
She's got the business of buying birthday presents down to a fine art. 她對購買生日禮品的事非常在行. not to put too fine a `point on it to speak plainly 直截了當(dāng)?shù)卣f
I don't much like modern music in fact, not to put too fine a point on it, I hate it. 我不很喜歡現(xiàn)代音樂--說句老實話, 我其實很討厭現(xiàn)代音樂. one fine `day (in story-telling) on a certain day, in the past or in the future (講故事用語)有一天(可指過去或?qū)恚?
fine adv
1 (infml 口) very well 很好: That suits me fine. 那對我很合適.
2 (in compounds 用以構(gòu)成復(fù)合詞) in a fine2(1, 6) way 細(xì)微地; 精美地; 難於察覺地
fine-drawn (ie subtle) distinctions 細(xì)微的區(qū)別
fine-spun, ie delicate 精細(xì)的.
3 (idm 習(xí)語) cut it/things `fine leave oneself only the minimum amount, esp of time 給自己剩下最小的量(尤指時間)
If we only allow five minutes for catching our train, we'll be cutting it too fine. 假如我...