talent

单词辨析:

talent aptitude faculty genius gift knack 【导航词义:天赋,能力】
talent n. 天资,才能
〔辨析〕

指人在某一方面所具有的可发展和培养的突出天赋,语气弱于 genius。

〔例证〕

The father found that his son had a musical talent.

父亲发现儿子有音乐天赋。

Do you have a talent for painting?

你有绘画天分吗?

He is a writer of exceptional literary talent.

他是位文采出众的作家。

aptitude n. 天资,资质
〔辨析〕

指天生的才能,尤指在学习方面的聪颖资质,能迅速掌握某种技能、技巧等,通常后接介词 for。

〔例证〕

He has a natural aptitude for writing.

他有写作的天赋。

Edison had a remarkable aptitude for inventing new things.

爱迪生具有发明创造的非凡才能。

The boy skipped the third grade because of his great aptitude in mathematics.

那个小男孩因在数学方面极具天赋而从二年级跳到了四年级。

As a child, he showed an aptitude for the piano.

在孩提时代,他便显露出弹奏钢琴的天赋。

faculty n. [正式]才能,技能
〔辨析〕

指某种特殊的才能、能力。

〔例证〕

George has a faculty for inspiring confidence in people.

乔治具有激发他人信心的能力。

Studying has really sharpened her critical faculties.

学习的确增强了她的判断能力。

genius n. 天才,天赋
〔辨析〕

语气最强,可指天赋极高者,也可指天赋的特殊才能与智力,强调高智商,含具有独特的创造力之意。

〔例证〕

Einstein was a great scientific genius.

爱因斯坦是个伟大的科学天才。

He was a genius in both science and art.

他在科学和艺术两方面都是天才。

He has some share of his father's genius.

他有几分父亲传给他的天赋。

She has a genius for linguistics.

她具有学习语言学的天赋。

gift n. 天赋,才能
〔辨析〕

指人天生具有的能力或品质,但不一定具有创造力;也可泛指某人在某一方面突出的个人才能。

〔例证〕

I've always had a gift for learning languages.

我一向有学习语言的天分。

He seemed to have a gift for pastiche.

他似乎有模仿他人作品的天赋。

knack n. [非正式]本事,技能
〔辨析〕

指人天生的或后天学来的某种技能或本领。

〔例证〕

a knack for remembering faces

记人的本领

He has a knack for making money.

他天生有赚钱的本领。

Till has a knack of saying funny things.

蒂尔有说俏皮话的本事。

She's got the knack of getting people to listen.

她有让人倾听的本领。

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She is proud that both her children have a talent for music

她为自己的两个孩子都有音乐天赋而自豪。

At the age of 18, she won first prize in a talent contest.

18岁那年,她在一次大奖赛中获得一等奖。

She was restless and needed a new impetus for her talent.

她躁动不安,需要为自己的才华找到新的突破口。

We have our native inborn talent, yet we hardly use it.

我们有天生的才能,但我们却几乎未曾使用过。

It's a compulsion to write, more than talent, that makes a writer.

成为作家要有天分,但更要有创作的冲动。

With nothing but his own talent, he made himself rich and famous.

他一无所有,仅靠自身才能就变得富有而出名。