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词汇 deftness
释义 deftness
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈdeft.nəs/ us /ˈdeft.nəs/
the quality of being skilful, clever, or quick: 熟练;机敏;敏捷
The device must be used only with the greatest care and deftness of touch.使用该设备时必须非常小心,谨慎操作。
The Government has already shown a deftness that has surprised politicians in both parties.政府表现出令两党政客都感到惊讶的机敏手腕。
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He has shown communication skills and political deftness.
Her latest novel displays her characteristic deftness with language.
The figure was modelled in wax with extraordinary deftness.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Skill, talent and ability
ability
accomplishment
accuracy
acumen
adroitness
chop
endowment
functioning
genius
gift
greatness
have a command of something
prowess
pyrotechnic
pyrotechnics
qualification
repertoire
repertory
speciality
workmanship

Examples of deftness


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It was only once he was dead that people were free to admire his deftness without fear he would expose them.
This kaleidoscope of evidence is presented with deftness and judgement, a minimum of comment and summary and a truly magisterial command of a huge subject.
What we really want is imaginative constitutional reform delivered to the people of this country with a deftness of touch, in the shortest possible time.
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We want not adroitness or deftness but the truth.
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He guided the subcommittee with the same deftness during our deliberations.
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What about all those unemployed workers who have acquired their skill and knowledge with every degree of deftness and trustworthiness?
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I congratulate him on his deftness in devising this escape for us.
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Who was more surprising in the deftness of his strokes and his counter-strokes?
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Few of us can match the depth or deftness of his analysis.
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There was hardly anything comparable to the deftness, skill, readiness and power which he displayed.
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He was adored for his deftness in speech.
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She applies this deftness to her installation artwork.
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They have good strength, deftness and agility and can use healing magic as well.
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By confining him to humour we tend to become unresponsive to his equal deftness in handling other human emotions, especially pathos.
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Students learn to work as a team and to work with skill and deftness.
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