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小词详解 | aptitude
aptitude 英 [ˈæptɪtjuːd] 美 [ˈæptɪtuːd]
A candidate who had demonstrated their aptitude for the job would feel rightly miffed to be passed over in favour of a genetically gifted incompetent.
如果一个对这项工作已经展现出能力的求职者没被录用,反倒是一个在基因上有潜力却不能胜任的人入选,前者自然有理由恼火。
——《经济学人》Please mark the answer that best represents the truth (as this is not to ascertain your ideology, but your aptitude for a job with great perks).
请标出最能代表事实的一个答案(这道题所要考察的并不是你的意识形态,而是你是否具有从事一项待遇超赞的工作所需的资质)。
——《纽约时报》
[名词] 做某事的天生能力
燕子有筑巢的习性。
Swallows have an aptitude for building nests.
她就是个麻瓜:压根没有信息技术背景,对其一无所知,也完全没有天分。
She's a muggle: no IT background, understanding, or aptitude at all.她表现出了做这工作的天赋。她教起书来驾轻就熟。
She showed a natural aptitude for the work. She has taken to teaching like a duck to water.
She had the aptitude of the struggler who seeks emancipation. The glow of a more showy life was not lost upon her. She did not grow in knowledge so much as she awakened in the matter of desire.
她具有寻求解放的斗士的悟性,更排场的生活向她发出了诱人的光辉。与其说她的知识增加了,不如说她对物质的欲望增强了。
gift: a natural ability or talent talent: natural aptitude or skill flair: a special or instinctive aptitude or ability for doing something well