单词 | proficient |
释义 | pro·fi·cient I. < an experienced person, trained and proficient in his job — F.G.Nesbitt > Synonyms: < a technically proficient pianist — Edward Sackville-West & Desmond Shawe-Taylor > < proficient in mathematics and philosophy — H.H.Shenk > < proficient in the art of self-defense — G.B.Shaw > adept usually adds to proficient the idea of aptitude or cleverness < adept at speechmaking > < newspapers became adept at handling crime news — American Guide Series: California > < adept at making up with cosmetics and dress for what nature may not have given her — Walter Le Beau > skilled, for the most part interchangeable with proficient, usually suggests a proficiency in the technique of an art or profession but often in industrial use signifying only that one has met a minimum standard set up for a special type of work or job < contribute many skilled performers to the figure-skating troupes — American Guide Series: Minnesota > < a skilled musician > < skilled artisans > skillful stresses dexterity in execution or performance < skillful in sketching, pen portraiture and caricature — H.H.Reichard > < a fast, energetic and skillful campaign — G.W.Johnson > < skillful in the use of the hand tools — H.D.Burghardt & Aaron Axelrod > expert stresses extraordinary proficiency or adeptness < an expert mimic — Alexander Forbes > < an expert horseman > < expert and inept raconteurs — Yale Review > masterly, usually applying to the thing executed or accomplished, adds to the idea of competence and adeptness that of confident control < his command of English was so masterly — Lucien Price > < in two masterly sentences he summed up Captain Guy's character — Herman Melville > < a masterly accomplishment in workmanship, detail, and symbolism — American Guide Series: New York City > II. 1. obsolete 2. < Shakespeare is their true proficient — I.A.Richards > < she was a proficient in music — T.L.Peacock > |
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