delicacy

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He's shown considerable delicacy and tact in feeling the public mood.
他在体察民情方面表现得相当周到和练达。
It's a situation that calls for a blend of delicacy and force.
应付这种局面需要刚柔并济。
Smoked salmon was considered an expensive delicacy.
熏鲑鱼被认为是一道昂贵的珍馐。
the delicacy of the fabric
织物的柔软性
Both countries are behaving with rare delicacy.
两个国家都表现出少有的谨慎。

(FOOD) something especially rare or expensive that is good to eat
(POLITENESS) acting and speaking carefully so that no one is offended, or the possibility of causing offence
(BEING EASILY DAMAGED) the quality of being easy to damage or looking very easy to damage
(CARE) the quality of being done carefully or gently

Delicacy is the quality of being easy to break or harm, and refers especially to people or things that are attractive or graceful.
If you say that a situation or problem is of some delicacy, you mean that it is difficult to handle and needs careful and sensitive treatment.
If someone handles a difficult situation with delicacy, they handle it very carefully, making sure that nobody is offended.
A delicacy is a rare or expensive food that is considered especially nice to eat.

精致
But when we try to unscramble its’ theme, we’ll first meet the antinomy that there is a huge contradiction between magnificence, delicacy and being short of polt in the novel.
然而，当我们试图解读它的主题时，却首先会遭遇这样一个悖论，即宏大的篇幅、华丽精致的叙述与故事性极度弱化之间的矛盾。这一悖论促使我们透过作为小说表象的故事情节，探索它的深度主题——时间。
语言学
细分度，微分度，精密度(语言次范畴间的区别程度)