【同义词辨析】 2017-08-09 天赋gift-knack
gift: often implies special favor by God, nature, or fortune: the ~ of a beautiful singing voice.
faculty: applies to an innate OR acquired ability for a particular accomplishment or function: a rare ~ for remembering people's names.
aptitude: an innate capacity AS WELL AS a natural liking for sth: a child with a definite mechanical ~.
bent: stress the inclination perhaps MORE THAN ability: a family that has always had an artistic ~.
talent: a marked natural ability that needs to be developed: allowed her dancing ~ to go to waste.
genius: sug. an impressive inborn creative ability, often an inner drive that forces its possessor to achieve: the ~ of Mozart.
knack: a comparatively minor but special ability making for ease and dexterity in performance: has the ~ for making swift, cutting retorts.
gift:天赋(恩惠),faculty:天生或习得,aptitude:天生能力和爱好,bent:更强调爱好(inclination)而非能力,talent:需要开发发展的天赋,genius:强调天生创造力和内在驱动力,knack:小的技巧,轻松娴熟。
记忆方法: 1) 首字母联想记忆GF ABT GK。Girl Friend ABouT GongKe,女朋友功课方面很有天赋。
2)一组褒义词,例句很清晰,请熟读。
3)天赋的意思是某方面的特殊才能mean a special ability or unusual capacity for doing something.