deft
deft 英 [deft] 美 [dɛft]
adj. 灵巧的;机敏的;敏捷熟练的
比较级:defter 最高级:deftest
- Deft means "showing cleverness and skill in handling things." What you want to see in football or basketball is some deft handling of the ball.
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- adj. 灵巧的;机敏的;敏捷熟练的
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1. There are hopes, too, that China will use its new strategic heft—and its apparently deft touch—to help resolve the most pressing security issues of the times.
希望与此共存。 为了解决最紧迫的当前安全问题,中国将举起新的战略旗帜(显然是一项灵巧的行动)。
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2. Some reviewers continue to dismiss songs like this as petty "ranting" and "paranoia," but this is some deft social criticism for those who look beyond the surface.
有些评论者继续贬低这类歌曲为“抱怨”和“偏执”,但对那些能够透过表面看本质的人来说,这首歌是巧妙的社会批评。
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3. The administration has again shown its deft political touch in nudging the draft legislation through the House and on to the Senate.
美国政府再次显示了在缓慢推进立法草案获得众议院通过并移交参议院的娴熟政治能力。
- deft (adj.) Old English gedæfte "mild, gentle," differentiated in Middle English into daft (q.v.) and this word, via sense of "apt, skillful, adept." Cognate with Gothic gadaban "to be fit," Old Norse dafna "to grow strong," Dutch deftig "important, relevant."
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