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单词 technicality
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(teknɪkælɪti)
Word forms: plural technicalities
1. plural noun
The technicalities of a process or activity are the detailed methods used to do it or to carry it out.
...the technicalities of classroom teaching. [+ of]
2. countable noun
A technicality is a point, especially a legal one, that is based on a strict interpretation of the law or of a set of rules.
The earlier verdict was overturned on a legal technicality.

technicality in British English

(ˌtɛknɪˈkælɪtɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -ties
1. 
a petty formal point arising from a strict interpretation of rules, etc
the case was dismissed on a technicality
2. 
the state or quality of being technical
3. 
technical methods and vocabulary

technicality in American English

(ˌtɛknɪˈkæləti)
nounWord forms: plural ˌtechniˈcalities
1. 
the state or quality of being technical
2. 
the use of technical terms, methods, etc.
3. 
a point, detail, term, method, etc. of or peculiar to an art, science, code, or skill, esp. one that only a technical expert would likely be aware of
4. 
a minute formal point, detail, etc. brought to bear upon a main issue
convicted on a technicality

Examples of 'technicality' in a sentence
technicality

Not often is a legal technicality the subject of high drama.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It was a retrial after previous convictions were annulled on legal technicalities.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
His lawyer tried yesterday to have the case dismissed on a legal technicality.
The Sun (2010)
At present they are being held back on legal technicalities.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But this show is about far more than mere technicalities or intellectual engagement.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It was an important legal technicality.
Louise Carpenter AN UNLIKELY COUNTESS: Lily Budge and the 13th Earl of Galloway (2004)
Interviews are structured, but not on legal technicalities.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Instead of getting on with the story, lawyers spent much of the morning bickering over legal technicalities.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
A leading detective has been found guilty of gross misconduct after breaching a legal technicality during a double murder investigation.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Sensible alterations to the methodology, which are more than mere technicalities, are coming.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
His release hinged on a legal technicality: the police did not tell him he was under arrest or that he had the right to a lawyer.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
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