Talent
['tælənt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity.
手打:威尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 minae or 6,000 drachmae. The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver money, its value was £243 15s. sterling, or about $1,180.
(v. t.) Among the Hebrews, a weight and denomination of money. For silver it was equivalent to 3,000 shekels, and in weight was equal to about 93/ lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at from £340 to £396 sterling, or about $1,645 to $1,916. For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold shekels.
(v. t.) Inclination; will; disposition; desire.
(v. t.) Intellectual ability, natural or acquired; mental endowment or capacity; skill in accomplishing; a special gift, particularly in business, art, or the like; faculty; a use of the word probably originating in the Scripture parable of the talents (Matt. xxv. 14-30).
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同義詞及近義詞:
n. Gift, faculty, capacity, endowment, ability, ableness, power, parts, GENIUS, turn, aptitude, aptness, knack, forte.
手打:梅尔瓦
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Genius, ability, aptitude, cleverness, gift, endowment, faculty, parts,capacity
ANT:Inability, stupidity, imbecility, incompetence
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解釋/意思:
n. an ancient weight or denomination of money—in the Attic system of money (N.T.) 100 drachm made a mn (pound Luke xix. 13) and 6000 made a talent; this talent weighed 57 lb. avoirdupois and in value may be put roughly at about ?13-?35 the mn?at about ?: faculty: any natural or special gift: special aptitude: eminent ability: abundance.—adjs. Tal′ented possessing mental gifts; Tal′entless without talent.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Hawley has been having him to dinner lately: there's a fund of talent in Bowyer. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The organization was crude, the steam-engineering talent poor, and owing to the impossibility of getting any considerable capital subscribed, the plants were put in as cheaply as possible. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The contest,' said Pott, 'shall be prolonged so long as I have health and strength, and that portion of talent with which I am gifted. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Where the goodness or talent of your friend is beyond and above all doubt, your own worthiness to be his associate often becomes a matter of question. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- He was a good musician, a skilful draughtsman and painter, something of a poet, and had shown considerable talent in designing and building a variety of toy machines. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- And we shall always want talent in the House: reform as we will, we shall always want talent. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Can I be so weak as to imagine that Mr. Micawber, wielding the rod of talent and of power in Australia, will be nothing in England? 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Finally he set aside ten thousand talents (a talent = ?240) for a tomb. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Mr. Micawber is a man of great talent, Master Copperfield. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The fact is my father showed the exact sort of talent for a statesman. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- But to win you need talent and material. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- You (blushing as she spoke) who can see into every body's heart; but nobody else Upon my word, said Emma, I begin to doubt my having any such talent. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- There is always some talent in it. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Talent isn't genius, and you can't make it so. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- I certainly have not the talent which some people possess, said Darcy, of conversing easily with those I have never seen before. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Southey spoke of him as a miraculous young man, at whose talents he could only wonder. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- So mild and ladylikeand with such talents! 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- The strengtheners and the lowerers were all clever men in somebody's opinion, which is really as much as can be said for any living talents. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I have not seen a man who, if he turns his talents that way, was more calculated to fill the gap left by the illustrious Moriarty. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- I love home, I am somewhat domestic, I love, dearly love my parents, and wish to improve the little talents God has given me. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The man was beset by friends who told him he was mad to continue the chase, and that his undoubted talents in other lines were being wasted. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The one thing Congress has not done is to use the talents of business men for the nation's advantage. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Finally he set aside ten thousand talents (a talent = ?240) for a tomb. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I hope my mother is now convinced that I have no more talents than inclination for a public life! 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- To excel in any profession, in which but few arrive at mediocrity, it is the most decisive mark of what is called genius, or superior talents. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- An eloquent catalogue appeared in a weekly print, describing his virtues, his magnificence, his talents, and his good actions. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- You might have used your talents better. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- I perhaps owe to these circumstances the little talents that I have and their peculiar application. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- To the end of turning to profit the talents which God has committed to your keeping; and of which He will surely one day demand a strict account. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- And I never knew much of my father, beyond what my mother told me; but he inherited the musical talents. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
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