1 . Although the coral looks hard, it is very delicate.

珊瑚虽然看上去坚固，实际上非常易碎。

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2 . Their marriage is a delicatebalance between traditional and contemporary values.

他们的婚姻在传统和现代价值观之间保持着微妙平衡。

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3 . Its large leaves often show a delicatepurple tint.

它的大叶子往往带点紫色。

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4 . Each motion must be delicateand precise, involving tiny movements.

每一个动作都必须小心、准确，一点点地移动。

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5 . The furniture was stiff, uncomfortable, too delicate, and too neat.

家具又硬又不舒服，太不结实而且太小巧。

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noun

1.exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury;

a delicate violin passage

2.marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique;

a surgeon's delicate touch

3.easily broken or damaged or destroyed;

a kite too delicate to fly safely

4.easily hurt;

soft hands

5.developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety;

the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense

6.difficult to handle; requiring great tact;

delicate negotiations with the big powers

7.of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely;

almost undetectable with even the most delicate instruments