proficient
英 [prəˈfɪʃ.ənt]
美 [prəˈfɪʃ.ənt]
proficient 熟练的pro-,向前,-fic,做,词源同efficacy,fact.引申词义熟练的。
- proficient
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proficient: see profit
- proficient (adj.)
- 1580s, back-formation from proficiency or else from Old French proficient (15c.), from Latin proficientem (nominative proficiens), present participle of proficere "to make progress, go forward, effect, accomplish, be useful" (see proficiency). Related: Proficiently.
- 1. She's proficient in several languages.
- 她精通好几种语言。
- 2. She is proficient at swimming.
- 她精通游泳.
- 3. She was very proficient in music.
- 她非常精通音乐.
- 4. He proved to me that he was very proficient in driving a car.
- 他向我证明他开车技术非常熟练.
- 5. A great number of Egyptians are proficient in foreign languages.
- 很多埃及人都精通外语。