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英 [?'dept; '?dept] 美[?'d?pt]

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復(fù)數(shù):?adepts;副詞:?adeptly;

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adept 熟練的

前綴ad-, 去，往。詞根ept, 同apt, 合適的，熟能生巧的。

adept (adj.): 1690s, "completely skilled" from Latin adeptus "having reached, attained," past participle of adipisci "to come up with, arrive at," figuratively "to attain to, acquire," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + apisci "grasp, attain," related to aptus "fitted" (see apt). Related: Adeptly.
adept (n.): "an expert," especially "one who is skilled in the secrets of anything," 1660s, from Latin adeptus (see adept (adj.)). The Latin adjective was used as a noun in this sense in Medieval Latin among alchemists.

1. The direct marketing industry has become adept at packaging special offers.: 直接郵寄廣告業(yè)在特賣品的包裝方面已經(jīng)變得非常熟練了。

2. Kitzi was an adept at getting people to talk confidentially to him.: 基齊很善于引導(dǎo)別人與其談心。

3. The government is more than adept at ploughing its own diplomatic furrow.: 政府在制定自己獨(dú)樹一幟的外交政策時(shí)無比嫻熟。

4. As a composer he proved himself adept at large dramatic forms.: 身為作曲家的他證明了自己在創(chuàng)作大型戲劇方面駕輕就熟。