adept

Word family

GOOD ATgood at something that needs care and skill 内行的，熟练的 SYN skilful

adept at

Melissa quickly became adept at predicting his moods.

很快梅莉莎就学会了预测他的情绪。

adept in

Silas proved adept in the art of avoiding potholes in the road.

赛拉斯看来很善于避开路上的坑坑洼洼。

I’m afraid she’s also an adept liar.

恐怕她还是一个撒谎专家。

—adept /ˈædept/ noun [countableC]

a form of kung fu practiced by only a handful of adepts

只有少数几个行家才会的一种武功

—adeptly adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

adept• Many are highly adept at adding up their calorie intake.• Of all our staff, Peter is the most adept at dealing with difficult customers.• At the same time, he became adept at nurturing his image as a tormented rebel in touch with primal truths.• Slowly, the teacher enables the student to become more adept at putting forth effort for longer periods of time.• Dole has been more adept at seizing photo opportunities in his out-of-town forays.• Jim Keith was particularly adept at this, and everybody sought his advice.• McCrea was equally adept in comedy and drama.

Origin adept

(1600-1700) Latin past participle of adipisci “to gain”, from ad- “to” + apisci “to reach”

Chinese

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