巴黎世家香港:考研英语词汇复习(56):talent、genus、gift、faculty、aptitude

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考研英语词汇复习(56

 

                                            talentgenusgiftfacultyaptitude

 

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talent

genus

gift

faculty

aptitude *

 

        这组词都可表示“天赋”、“才能”、“天资”、“天分”等意思。

 

talent    一般用词,指某一方面的天赋和才能。

 

1) She has a remarkable talent for staging and directing plays.

            (她在组织演出和导演戏剧方面有非凡天赋。)

       2) My sister has a great talent for painting when she was a middle school.

         (我姊姊在中学时有杰出绘画天赋。)

 

genus  语气较强,指非凡的才能。

 

1) Picasso’s artistic genius and achievement assured him of a dominant place in the history of modern art.

          (毕加索的艺术天才和成保证了他在现代艺术史上的显著地位。)

       2)You and your parents can stop worrying — Edison, Darwin and lots more were far from being geniuses in their teems.

           (你和你的父母不用担心,爱迪生,达尔文,会有许多其他名人在少年时代都远非什么天才。)

 

gift  指在某一方面的天赋,强调悟性好,但并非一定指创造性和独创性。

 

1) The artist is nothing withut the gift, but the gift is nothing without the work.

     (艺术家所拥有的不过就是天赋,而天赋离开了努力的工作则什么都不是。)

2) He has a special gift of being able to commit every detail to memory when he sees a photo.

            (他有一种特殊的天赋,他看见一张照片后能吧每一细节都记忆下来。)

 

faculty  侧重指智能上的天赋或能力。

 

1) He lacks the faculty of coping with the unexpected incidents at the critical moment.

   (他缺乏在关键时刻应对突发事件能力。)

2) He seems to have an extraordinary faculty for neotiation with tough rivals.

(他似乎有着优异的才能难打交道的对手进行谈判。)

 

aptitude 正式用词,指在某方面有极高的天分和能力。

 

1) Edison had a remarkable aptitude for inventing new things.

      (爱迪生具有发明创造的非凡才能。)

       2) The son of a schoolmaster, he showed an extraordinary childhood aptitude for music, studying the piano, violin, organ, singing and harmony etc.

            (他是一个学校教师的儿子, 童年就表现出非凡的音乐天赋,他学习钢琴,小提琴,风琴、唱歌、和声等。)