art: distinctively implies a personal, unanalyzable creative power: an ~ for saying the right thing.


skill: stresses technical knowledge and proficiency: the ~ required of a surgeon. (proficiency精通:强调全面熟练使用的能力thorough competence from training or drilling)


cunning: suggests ingenuity and subtlety in devising, inventing or executing: a mystery thriller written with great ~.


artifice: suggests mechanical skill esp. in imitating things in nature, but implies a lack of real creative power and a degree of artificiality: a painter with much of the ~ of Rubens but none of the art. (Rubens鲁宾斯荷兰画家)


craft: may imply ingenuity and skill but tends to suggest expertness in workmanship and facility in the use of tools: a saltcellar wrought with ~ worthy of Cellini.(Cellini切里尼: 意大利金银器皿工匠和雕刻家，劳力士手表箱包珠宝品牌)


art艺术: 特指个人的无法解释的创造能力， skill技术: 专业知识加熟练使用的能力(proficiency)，cunning巧妙: 灵巧微妙(ingenuity,subtlety)的构思发明、执行， artifice:人造的、模仿的、机械而缺乏真正创新的技巧方法，craft技艺: 常表示做工精巧，或工具使用娴熟。


记忆方法:  1）ASCAC重组成AS A Chinese Citizen: 作为中国公民==〉不能不学无术。


         2) 技术的意思是: mean the faculty of executing expertly what one has planned or devised即高超(expertly)的推进计划。expert专家: 非常高超的专业知识和技术。