prowess /'praʊɪs/
【英英释义】
n. someone's prowess is their great skill at doing soemthing. 不可数名词 深厚的造诣,高超的技艺 Formal
great ability or skill
【词义深度解析】
prowess是不可数名词,意思是“高超的技艺,深厚的造诣”,当我们想表达某人擅长某事时可以用到它。
【例句学习】
1. The Russians are famed for their prowess in battle. 战斗民族/英勇善战
2. Zhuge Liang was widely acclaimed for his intellectual and military proewss. 和形容词搭配,表示某一方面有杰出才能,如language/linguistic prowess 语言天赋 bargaining prowess 擅于讲价
3. Nantong, a city about 150km north of Shanghai, demonstrates both China's prowess in infrastructure and what seems to be a newfound restraint. 南通位于上海以北约150公里,它既展示了中国在基础设施方面的实力,也显示出一种似乎是新发现的克制。
4. Over-confident of his prowess as a strategist, he made serious mistakes during the second world war, too. 他对自己的战略才能颇为自负,在二战期间也犯下了严重的错误。
【词汇运用】
1.搭配
adj academic/athletic/golfing/intellectual/military/physical/sexual/sporting/technical prowess 学术造诣/体育运动才能或天赋/高尔夫球球技/智力/军事才能/体能/性技巧/技术才干
v
demonstrate/show prowess 显示出高超的才能
boast about/of prowess 夸耀非凡的才能
admire prowess 钦佩高超的本领
be famed/famous for prowess 以高超的技艺而闻名
prep
prowess as... 作为…的杰出本领
prowess at/in... 在…方面的杰出才能
prowess with... 以…来展现高超技能
2.翻译:他是个让人羡慕的学霸。
His friends exny his prowess in exams.
He is the envy of his peers by demonstrating his prowess in exams. / His academci/exam-acing prowess is the envy of his cohorts.
cohort /ˈkəʊhɔːt/ n. 朋友,支持者,助手;一群人
3.生活场景应用
He championed in that hip-hop dance battle out of his prowess in shuffle dance.