| 单词 | proficient |
| 释义 | proficient (once / 1749 pages) adj When someone has become good at something, they are proficient. After all those hours playing video games, you must be very proficient at them. Proficient comes from the Latin for making progress, so if someone is proficient, they have made so much progress that they've become good at something. Use proficient to talk about improvement through practice instead of natural ability; even a person with no inherent skill at language can become proficient in Latin. If you're proficient at tennis, you're good, but it doesn't imply the kind of mastery for which the expert is used. WORD FAMILYproficient: proficiency, proficiently+/proficiency: proficiencies USAGE EXAMPLESIntel focuses on central processing units, the general-purpose chips proficient in completing a wide range of tasks and quickly switching from one to the next. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) The Wolfgang Puck in charge here is the proficient overseer of high-end hotel amenities, not the chef who crossed boundaries and defined an earlier era. New York Times(Dec 20, 2016) Clinton’s behemoth of an operation was by far more technically proficient, but ultimately suffered because of the candidate. Time(Dec 09, 2016) 1adj having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude a proficient engineer Syn adept, expert, good, practiced, skilful, skillful skilled having or showing or requiring special skill 2adj of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill Syn technical |
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