Adroit
[ə'drɒɪt] or [ə'drɔɪt]
解释:
(adj.) quick or skillful or adept in action or thought; 'an exceptionally adroit pianist'; 'an adroit technician'; 'his adroit replies to hecklers won him many followers'; 'an adroit negotiator' .
昌西整理--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of the mental faculties; exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding danger or escaping difficulty; ready in invention or execution; -- applied to persons and to acts; as, an adroit mechanic, an adroit reply.
手打:兰斯洛特
同义词及近义词:
a. Dexterous, expert, skilful, apt, handy, ready, quick, clever, able, masterly.
埃米尔编辑
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Handy, skillful, dexterous, expert, proficient, clever
ANT:Awkward, clumsy, unskillful, inexpert, lubberly
黛娜编辑
解释:
adj. dexterous: skilful.—adv. Adroit′ly.—n. Adroit′ness.
乔校对
例句:
- This adroit question touched the heart of Miss Jane Osborne not a little. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- I suspect you of being an adroit flatterer, said Rosamond, feeling sure that she should have to reject this young gentleman a second time. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- A few adroit words, one or two knowing tender glances of the eyes, and his heart was inflamed again and his doubts and suspicions forgotten. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Rawdon, with roars of laughter, related a dozen amusing anecdotes of his duns, and Rebecca's adroit treatment of them. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- A mathematician and experimenter himself, he had a genius for eliciting discussion and research by means o f adroit questions. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
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