【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: implies an innate capacity as well as a natural liking for some activity: a boy with a definite mechanical ~.    如美国高考SAT=Scholastic Aptitude Test学术天赋测试


bent: is nearly equal to aptitude but it stresses inclination perhaps more than ability: a family that has always had an artistic ~.


talent: suggests a marked natural ability that needs to be developed: allowed her dancing ~ to go to waste.


genius: suggests impressive inborn creative ability and often the inner drive that forces its possessor to achieve: the ~ of Mozart.


knack: implies a comparatively minor but special ability making for ease and dexterity in performance: has the ~ for making swift, cutting retorts.    锋利的(讽刺的)反驳


gift天赋: 来自造物主或自然或运气的恩惠,faculty天赋: 天生习得,aptitude天赋: 天生能力爱好,bent爱好: 更强调爱好(inclination)而非能力,talent天赋: 需要开发发展的天赋,genius天才: 强调天生创造力内在驱动力,knack窍门: 技巧,使人做事轻松娴熟


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         2) 天赋的意思是做某事的特殊才能mean a special ability or unusual capacity for doing something.首字母GFABTGK重组成BAT蝙蝠GKGF高空高飞<==飞翔的天赋