Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Niceties是什么意思?

最近看到一篇有趣的报道,讲的是专业大提琴演奏家们目前的困扰,经常需要飞到各地表演的提琴手们为了避免贵重的乐器托运时受损,往往得买一张机票给宝贝琴坐在自己的旁边。有些航空公司跟这些乘客说不能以乐器的名义累计里程积分,也不能用自己的积分为乐器购买机票。看来虽然这些大提琴可以价值过百万以 上,但是还是低人一等啊。现在经济不景气,航空公司能省就省,不再给乘客提供好处 - Airlines now cut corners and withhold niceties.
niceties - accuracy and precision; fine or subtle details; elegant, delicate, or civilized features.  在这可译成"人们喜欢的好处"。
 
作为例子,Cathy 还用 niceties 写了以下的句子:
 
"The restaurant provides all the niceties that their well-to-do customers expect: valet parking, champagne on ice, classical music playing in the background."
 
"Her fiance provides her with all the niceties of romance: flowers, candy, love letters.... We'll see how he behaves once they're married!"

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