20190116 adept

adept

【英英释义】

adj. /æˈdept/ someone who is adept at something can do it skillfully.   v-adept  adj 熟练的，擅长的

very good at doing something that is not easy.

n. /ˈædept/  an adept is someone who is adept at something. 能手，内行

【词义深度解析】

adept可以用来替换be good at。adept 后面常接in或者at（更常见）。

【例句学习】

1. Israelis are adept at turning ideas into viable business. 以色列人擅于将点子变成赚钱的生意。

2. He (King Zhengen) is proving to be an adept young dictator.

3. AI has become more adept at recognizing speech. recognize speech 识别语音

4. He was adept at solving problems and at rallying workers, but he was brusque and obsessive, prone to belittle teammates who disagreed with him.

rally v. 凝聚，团结

brusque /bruːsk/ adj. using very few words, in a way that seems rude 唐突的，直率的，无礼的

obsessive  adj. thinking or worrying about something all the time 过分的（含贬义）

belittle vt. to make someone or something seem small or unimportant. 贬低，轻视

【词汇运用】

1. 搭配：

verb: be/seem/become  adept  熟练/看似熟练/变得熟练、擅长

adv: extremely/highly/very/quite adept  非常、极其擅长/相当擅长

prep: adept at 在……方面内行、擅长

2. 翻译：Tom不仅擅长写作，还擅长拍电影。

Tom is adept at writing as well as producing movies. （自己）

Tome is not only good at writing, but also adept at filmmaking./ Tome is an adept filmmaker as well as an adept writer. （参考翻译）

分析：见识到英文同一种意思的多种表达方式。

3. 生活场景应用

Director Zhang is an adept at converting reality scene into filme language.