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外刊例句
- But the well-heeled are adept at squeezing through tax loopholes, and at marshalling the political clout needed to chip away at high tax rates.
但是，富人擅长钻税收漏洞，也擅于集结政治影响力来削减高税率。
——《经济学人》 - In the years since Mr. Santos first ran for the House in 2020, he has become adept at finding ways to extract money from politics.
自2020年桑托斯首次竞选众议员以来的几年里，他已经变得善于找到从政治中榨取金钱的方法。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[adjective] very skilled or proficient at something
[形容词] 非常熟练或精通某事的
深入解读
Adept 是一个与熟词 adapt 和 adopt 既十分形似又容易相混淆的单词，三者可以一并联想记忆。
该词源自拉丁语 adeptus （已经达到或获得的）。话说在中世纪时，宣称掌握了炼金秘诀的炼金术士们爱用 adeptus 自诩“擅长炼金术”。久而久之到了17世纪后， adeptus 还成为了顶级炼金术士的荣誉称号。
当 adeptus 于17世纪90年代进入英语后，就形成了现在的 adept 一词，用来泛指“擅长的、熟练的、内行的”，主要表示非常熟练或精通某个需要用心和技巧的事，常意味着聪明且有着特殊的天资（aptitude），比如：
- 网球好手
an adept tennis player - 他操作这台大机器熟练得惊人。
He was astonishingly adept at manipulating the big machine.
用作名词时， adept 相应表示“能手、内行”，常意味着能够理解某些工艺、艺术等的奥秘，或者能够洞察超出精确科学范围之外的秘密，比如：
- 语言学大家
an adept in/at linguistics - 那个迎宾员不是个善于掩饰感情的人。
The usher is not an adept at hiding her feelings.
权威用例
加强军事力量常态化多样化运用，坚定灵活开展军事斗争，塑造安全态势，遏控危机冲突，打赢局部战争。
We will become more adept at deploying our military forces on a regular basis and in diversified ways, and our military will remain both steadfast and flexible as it carries out its operations. This will enable us to shape our security posture, deter and manage crises and conflicts, and win local wars.
同近义词
- accomplished: highly trained or skilled in a particular activity
- expert: having or involving a great deal of knowledge or skill in a particular area
- proficient: competent or skilled in doing or using something
