masterful

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1 CONTROLcontrolling people or situations in a skilful and confident way 善于控制人[局势]的

Klein handled the situation in a masterful way.

克莱因很好地控制了局势。

2 GOOD ATdone with great skill and understanding 老练高明的 SYN masterly

a masterful analysis of the text

对课文精辟的分析

—masterfully adverbadv

Jack strode masterfully into the room.

杰克从容自若地大踏步走进房间。

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masterful• In fact, taken in her own schlocky context, she is masterful.• Sir Humphrey's closing speech was masterful.• I think he's just got a marginal talent he's masterful at exploiting.• Jenkins was masterful at maintaining his complicated life.• The Reagan White House was masterful at this kind of effort.• Of course, some of the most powerful political regimes are masterful at using both illusion and coercion.• Rembrandt is famous for his masterful contrast of light and darkness.• He writes with masterful facility, and succeeds in making his subject accessible to an audience of non-specialists without patronising their intelligence.• He was also a masterful legislative tactician.• With the Clintons, such masterful performances can seem surreal, since they inevitably unfold against a backdrop of turmoil and controversy.

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