technicality

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tech·ni·cal·i·ty /ˌteknəˈkæləti/ noun (plural technicalities)

1 technicalities [plural]DETAIL the small details of how to do something or how a system or process works 技术细节

technicalities of

I don’t really want to get into discussing the technicalities of laser printing.

我不想讨论激光打印的技术细节。

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technicality of• He pilots company promoters through the legal technicalities of forming companies.• How did dealers not well versed in the technicalities of these cope?• The former steel boss takes the view that any intelligent manager can learn the technicalities of a new industry reasonably quickly.• Admittedly not all of the technicalities of the system are abstruse.• Whatever the technicalities of coming out of the recession, to those engaged in the industry it does not appear to be over.• The technicalities of the financing of schools are dealt with elsewhere.

2 SCLDETAIL[countableC] a small detail in a law or a set of rules, especially one that forces you to make a decision that seems unfair 〔法律或规则上的〕技术性细则〔尤指迫使人作出看似不公平决定的细则〕

The case against him had to be dropped because of a legal technicality.

由于法律上的一个技术细节，对他的起诉不得不撤回。

on a technicality

The proposal was rejected on a technicality (=because of a technicality).

这个提议因技术细节的原因被否决了。

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technicality• The vote was declared invalid because of a technicality.• But the case was dropped on a technicality.• When the psycho is caught, then let go on a technicality, Mom takes matters into her own hands.• While the convictions were overturned on a technicality, Warner argued that the felonies made him unsuitable for the Senate.• Baxter was released on a technicality because his" offence " was committed in the city, and only a city judge had the authority to sign the warrant.• It is perhaps a technicality whether a certain part of the storage space is to be regarded as internal or external.• Much may hinge upon points that the typical executive might understandably regard as irritating technicalities.• Shorn of its technicalities, the essence is this: You place electrons in a magnetic trap.• But the issue penetrates, or ought to, rather deeper than the fine weave of legal technicality.• It is protected from public scrutiny by the technicality of its jargon.• Unless you're an experienced musician, you wouldn't be able to explain the technicalities of the music.

on a technicality• Although a few prominent antislavery spokesmen were arrested, they were subsequently acquitted on a technicality.• The row centres on a technicality - whether the proper testing procedure was carried out.• But the case was dropped on a technicality.• When the psycho is caught, then let go on a technicality, Mom takes matters into her own hands.• Ershad's trial had been scheduled to open on Feb. 16, but was postponed for a month on a technicality.• Suspected of murdering his wife, Krane got off on a technicality and is now obsessed with proving his innocence.• His government collapsed, and he has spent six years fighting-and winning-court battles, often on technicalities.• While the convictions were overturned on a technicality, Warner argued that the felonies made him unsuitable for the Senate.• Walls won the fishing tournament on a technicality.

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