mastery of/over• The main points of comparison involve vocabulary, syntax, and mastery of the writing system.• But mastery of helium-3 / deuterium fusion may permit other entirely new applications.• Tilda had initiated the train of events, as, with her carelessmastery of life, she often did.• They have battled for years for mastery of the region.• Grandcourt knows well that he will soon have mastery over a woman who would like to master him.• Selection to the team is based on mastery ofspecified gymnastic skills.• Perhaps the most significantaspect of the technical and rationalmastery of the modern world has been bureaucracy.• Alphabetic writing requires mastery of several dozen symbols that are needed for phonemic representation.• Quite simply mastery ofcoloniallanguages gave a few people unfettered power.• Might not the mastery of a skill quickly mean that an approach to learning through discovery could be more effectively undertaken?
ADJECTIVE | VERB + MASTERY | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤absolute, complete, total絕對的控制;徹底的控制;完全的掌握▸➤technical技術上的精通◇He plays the violin with technical mastery, but little feeling.他拉小提琴的技術十分嫺熟,卻沒什麼感情。VERB + MASTERY➤have擁有控制權◇The allied bombers had total mastery of the skies.盟軍的轟炸機完全取得了制空權。➤demonstrate, display, show顯示出對⋯的精通◇He shows complete mastery of the instrument.他表現出對這種樂器極為精通。➤achieve, acquire, attain, gain取得控制;得以掌握PREPOSITION➤mastery of對⋯的掌握/精通◇He acquired mastery of four languages.他熟練掌握了 4 種語言。➤mastery over對⋯的掌控◇The king had absolute mastery over the country.國王完全控制着這個國家。