fine print
細節
講解:
fine print的字面意思是「印得很小的字」。合約上通常會把比較細節的條文用比較小的字印刷,所以fine print是指這些「細節內容」。例如在保險合約中,許多「不理賠」的特殊情況都用小字體印刷,所以,簽約之前要Read the fine print.(研讀細目)。
例句:
So far Clinton has avoided investing American revenue and lives in Bosnia,while maintaining that he personally would like to do more to help its government resist aggression. The Administration says it still must see the fine print of the accord before it actually mobilizestroops.(出自:TIME, Oct. 4,1993,p. 40)
目前為止,柯林頓一直避免將美國的資金和軍人人命投入波士尼亞,同時又宣稱他個人很愿意多貢獻一點力量幫助波斯尼亞政府 抵抗侵略??铝诸D政府表示仍然得先看看協議案的細節才能眞正 動員部隊。