| 释义 |
unobtrusiveun‧ob‧tru‧sive /ˌʌnəbˈtruːsɪv◂/ adjective   - Hart, who attended law school with Danforth, remembers him as "quiet and unobtrusive."
- The aerial is small and unobtrusive, fitting closely to the chimney stack.
- The researchers will make their observations in the most unobtrusive way possible.
- The sprinkler heads are unobtrusive, almost invisible against the ceiling.
- And the noise settles to an unobtrusive drone at highway cruising speeds.
- Even industry and its technology were unobtrusive outside the New World.
- Our requests, whatever they are, must be unobtrusive.
- Roiaanshorn has some industry, but it is unobtrusive.
- Telephone reservation clerks were provided with feedback on their verbal behaviors obtained from unobtrusive monitoring of their telephone calls.
- The overall facility is quietness and staff are trained to be unobtrusive.
- The pier at the right is also disturbing - because it is an unobtrusive detail.
- This is an unobtrusive way of keeping expensive unofficial calls to the minimum.
not obvious► subtle a subtle change or difference is difficult to notice unless you look closely or think about it carefully: · The patterns look very similar, but there are subtle differences between them.· We noticed some deterioration in her speech, but it was very subtle.· It was around this time that I started to notice subtle changes in Clive's character. ► unobtrusive something, especially an object, that is unobtrusive is not very noticeable, especially because it is small or ordinary compared to other things: · The aerial is small and unobtrusive, fitting closely to the chimney stack.· The researchers will make their observations in the most unobtrusive way possible.· Hart, who attended law school with Danforth, remembers him as "quiet and unobtrusive." ► inconspicuous things or people that are inconspicuous are not noticeable because they look the same as the people or things around them: · Carpet cleaner should always be tested in an inconspicuous spot first.· The two bank robbers got in line at a nearby fast-food restaurant, hoping to be inconspicuous as police flooded the area. not easily noticed:  The staff are trained to be unobtrusive.—unobtrusively adverb |