| 单词 | expert |
| 释义 | ex·pert I. 1. obsolete < his bark is stoutly timbered and his pilot of very expert and approved allowance — Shakespeare > 2. < an expert bridge player > < an artist expert in shaping his material into one comprehensive design — S.C.Chew > < had become expert at learning scientific formulas and principles by heart — Upton Sinclair > 3. a. < the acting was fresh, warm, self-assured …, and expert — John Mason Brown > < the shoemaker whose … hands had never been so nimble and expert — Charles Dickens > b. < his presence was frequently required in an expert capacity at the League's general conferences — Current Biography > Synonyms: see proficient II. transitive verb 1. obsolete 2. < wanted to know whatever happened to the man who had been sent to expert their business — Woman > intransitive verb < read the newspapers and books of the countries on which they are experting — Hispania > III. 1. < being an amateur … in philosophy he naturally looks for guidance to the experts and professionals — William James > < this problem … was extremely difficult, and an expert in geodesy was brought from the U.S. — V.G.Heiser > broadly < every man arranged his knapsack and blanket bag … with the practiced discretion of an expert — E.K.Kane > 2. a. b. Synonyms: < an expert in foreign policy > < an expert in mathematics > < an expert at skiing > < an expert in the art of evasion > adept, usually connoting understanding of the mysteries of an art or craft or penetration into secrets beyond the reach of exact science, implies, in the most modern use, subtlety or ingenuity < an adept in religions of the East > < an adept in the Platonic philosophy — Benjamin Farrington > < an adept at understatement — John Buchan > artist stresses extraordinary skill in execution usually involving a high degree of imagination or taste < an artist at flower arrangement > < an artist in manipulating public opinion — Samuel Lubell > < an artist at invective — W.A.Swanberg > artiste, orig. applied to actors, singers, and dancers, is now also often humorously applied to workers in crafts where adeptness and taste are indispensable < a cook, a tragedian, or a music-hall artiste — Osbert Sitwell > < a Hollywood musical about life among the radio artistes — John McCarten > < a tightrope artiste quickly crossing the wire — George Bellairs > virtuoso, usually applied to musicians, especially pianists or violinists, stresses the display of great technical skill or brilliance in execution < one of the piano virtuosos of international reputation — Current Biography > < a frightfully wonderful virtuoso in the old art of love — G.B.Shaw > wizard implies a knowledge or skill so great that it seems to border on the magical < a mathematical wizard > < a wizard with cards — Malcolm Cowley > < a wizard in calculating distance — Current Biography > |
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