finesse
To evade by using some clever argument or stratagemTo evade (a problem, situation, etc.) by using some clever argument or stratagem.
» His style involves brute force, not finesse.
Sein Stil beruht auf roher Gewalt, nicht auf Finesse.
Значение
значений: 6(Канада, США, переходный)To evade (a problem, situation, etc.) by using some clever argument or stratagem.
To evade (a problem, situation, etc.) by using some clever argument or stratagem.
(Канада, США, переходный и непереходный, переходный)To handle or manage carefully or skilfully; to manipulate in a crafty way.
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(Канада, США, сленг, переходный)To obtain something from someone through trickery or manipulation.
(непереходный)To attempt to win a trick by finessing.
(переходный)To play (a card) as a finesse.
(непереходный, устаревшее)To play a ball out of the way of an opponent.
Примеры
предложений: 5His style involves brute force, not finesse.
deSein Stil beruht auf roher Gewalt, nicht auf Finesse.
It could have been executed with more finesse.
He did it with the finesse we've come to expect from Tom.
His innate understanding of pleasure allows him to explore and fulfill fantasies with finesse.
A lot of people can do that, but Tom does it with a rare finesse.
Переводы
языков: 3По значениям 1
Происхождение
From Middle English finesse (“a degree of excellence; (of metal) fineness, purity”), fromFrom Middle English finesse (“a degree of excellence; (of metal) fineness, purity”), from Middle French finesse, Old French finesse (“a fineness; a delicacy; slenderness”), from fine, fin (“fine, thin”) (from Latin fīnis (“an end”); compare Middle English fīn (“of superior quality; precious, valuable; admirable, pleasing; pure, refined; fineness, purity; delicate, exquisite, fine; sharp, thin”)) + -esse (suffix forming nouns describing the condition of being something). The verb is derived from the noun.
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Формы
finesses, finessing, finessed, finessedСинонимы
синонимов: 1Однокоренные
связанных слов: 4Уроки к слову
уроков: 3- A1Present Simple: настоящее простое время — Потому что это глагол
- A1Past Simple: правильные глаголы — Потому что у него есть форма прошедшего времени
- A2Present Perfect: введение — Потому что у него есть причастие прошедшего времени