英 [əˈdept] 美 [əˈdept]
adj. 熟练的，擅长的
n. 能手，内行
复数adepts
比较级more adept
最高级most adept
adept /əˈdɛpt/ CET6+ TEM8
形容词 Someone who is adept at something can do it skilfully. 娴熟的
He's usually very adept at keeping his private life out of the media.
他通常十分擅长于使他的私生活远离媒体。
... 破坏destroy;ruin;breaktopieces;devasate 技巧的skillful;adept;dexterous 警觉的alert;watchful;onguard;waryof ...
... adjust适应(人的心态,机器调整) adept熟练的 unreal一件事情不是真的 ...
... flagrant：臭烘烘的，臭名远扬的 adept：有技巧的，娴熟的 adopt：采取，收养 ...
... adamant坚定不移的，强硬的 adept擅长的 adjoin贴近，相接 ...
adeptness 熟练
熟练的；擅长…的
experienced / skilled / accomplished / clever / practiced
As a composer he proved himself adept at large dramatic forms.
作为一名作曲家，他显示出自己擅长创作大型的戏剧体裁。
He's usually very adept at keeping his private life out of the media.
他通常十分擅长于使他的私生活远离媒体。
She is an adept rock-climber and a past master of the obstacle course.
她擅长攀岩，也是障碍超越训练场上的老手。
"You've got some people involved who have a grandiose plot for some fanatical reason to put a bomb in the center of New York, but they're not very adept at explosives or bomb-making.
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So the sense that one actually is pretty adept in knowing is one that tends to predominate in the university.
因此在大学中，认为自己了解很多,这种心态颇为流行。
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Welles heard that obviously, and he quickly came back. But when she died, he stopped taking lessons, before that, he was adept before he was ten years old.
威尔斯当然听到了，所以他,很快回来了，但在,他母亲去世之后，他就不再上课了，在这之前，在他十岁的时候他就对乐器很熟练了。
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Society does much better when pinheads are made by folks actually adept at making pinheads.
Garcia has been especially adept at feathering his own nest with Ugly Duckling's assets.
You may struggle to find an agent adept at handling both sales and rentals.