prowess
['prauis]
n. 英勇, 非凡的能力
例句与用法:
Simon's always talking big about his prowess on the golf course.
西蒙总是吹嘘自己在高尔夫球场上的杰出才能。
Like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each one shows his or her special prowess.
八仙过海,各显神通。
The soldiers sang a song of victory, describing their prowess in battle.
战士们唱起了歌颂他们英勇战斗的凯歌。
n.[U]
1. 英勇; 无畏
2. 非凡的能力; 高超的本领
a display of military prowess
杰出的军事才能的显示
prowess
词义辨析:
同义:
n.英勇; 大胆
daring
courage
valor
gallantry
heroism
boldness
同义参见:
skill
prowess['prauis]n.1.■英勇;勇猛2.■杰出的才能;卓越的技能3.■英勇(或无畏)的行动
noun
[mass noun]
- skill or expertise in a particular activity or field
(某活动或领域的)杰出才能,高超本领
his prowess as a fisherman.
他高超的捕鱼本领。
her culinary prowess.
她超凡的烹饪技术。 - bravery in battle
英勇;勇猛;无畏
- Middle English (in sense 2): from Old French proesce, from prou 'valiant'. Sense 1 dates from the early 20th cent
prowess
名词 prowess:
a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation
prowess
■I was'nt trying to impress anyone with my song writing prowess, i was just thinkin up tunes to impress the lads down at the boardwalk on a Friday night.
- Noel on Definitely Maybe 我在作曲的时候并没考虑要去影响改变任何人,我只是想写些娱乐周五晚上郁闷无聊的小青年的歌。
■The MINI 50 Camden, with its principal Silver, White and Black colors that emphasize its technical prowess and sportive traits, is a true head-turner.
Mini的50卡姆登,其主要的银,白色和黑色的色彩,强调了技术能力和体育特点,是一个真正的头特纳。
■Of course, what the Bobcats, like most NBA teams, most sorely need is the next MJ, for reasons of increased ticket sales as much as on-court prowess.
“像大多数NBA球队一样,山猫队希望的是下一个乔丹的出现,这样可以提高门票的销售以及上座率。”
■Like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each one showing his or her special prowess.
“八仙过海,各显神通”在汉英词典中的解释(来源:百度词典):
■"I hear people talk about it every now and then," Paul said of his defensive prowess.
“我听别人经常讨论这个,”保罗谈及他的防守能力。
■At the weekend, it launched a locally built nuclear-powered submarine, based on a Russian design, to join only a few countries with the technical prowess to produce such a war machine.
上周末,该国在俄罗斯设计基础上自行建造的核动力潜艇下水,跻身于少数几个有技术能力建造这种战争机器的国家行列。
■Don't be afraid to ask other players for advice. Most DDR players are nerdy and love helping out others to show off their amazing prowess at the game!
不要害怕去询问其他玩家的建议。大多数的DDR玩家都愿意通过帮助他人来炫耀他们在这个游戏上的令人惊异的威力。
■But Yasuo Fukuda, prime minister, praised Mr Shirakawa's technical prowess and international experience.
不过,日本首相福田康夫(Yasuo Fukuda)很赞赏白川方明的技术实力和国际经验。
■Fellow midfielder Steven Gerrard will pose an additional threat thanks to his long-range shooting prowess.
中场同伴杰拉德将给与额外的威胁,因为他的远射。
■Anxious to prevent protests that might steal headlines from the glories of Chinese modernist architecture or athletic prowess, the authorities have hounded dissidents with more than usual vigour.
为避免抗议活动取代建筑的华丽和体育成就登上报端,政府加大力度逮捕异己。
■Lord Krsna blew His conchshell Pancajanya and Arjuna blew his conchshell Devadatta and Bhima that activator of incredible prowess blew the great conchshell Paundra.
主奎师那吹响的是名为潘卡剑雅的螺号,阿诸那吹响的是名为戴瓦达塔的螺号,能够激起令人难以置信勇猛的彼玛吹响了名为帕乌恩达的伟大螺号。
■It has shown its athletic prowess by climbing atop the medalstable in the opening days of competition.
事实上在比赛开始的当天中国就已获得了金牌,从而大显威风。
■In fact, personal growth and a prospe rous U.S. economy are considered to be the long range rewards of individual and collective technological prowess.
事实上,个人用户的增长和美国繁荣的经济被看作是对个人和集体科技威力长期的奖赏。
■The intimate conversation became a talent show, a challenge to prove your intellectual prowess in 140 characters or less.
亲密的交谈变成了才艺展示,成为在不超过140字符内证明自己智力才能的挑战。
■Fans in the crowd were mostly appreciative of the photograph, though some were more impressed by his football prowess than the media hype for this latest underwear campaign.
人群中的大部分粉丝都很欣赏这幅广告照,但有些人更为他的球技折服,而不是最新内衣广告中的媒体宣传形象。
■This year, it signed up landlocked Laos, not previously known for its prowess with harpoons.
今年,日本又拉了一个内陆国家老挝加入捕鲸派,而该国以前并不以高超的捕鱼本领闻名于世。
■In my opinion, no ruler in any dynasty from Yu, Tang, Wen and Wu down to the Ching emperors and the presidents of the Republic has ever shown as much prowess in eliminating banditry as have the peasant associations today.
从禹汤文武起吧,一直到清朝皇帝,民国总统,我想没有哪一个朝代的统治者有现在农民协会这样肃清盗匪的威力。
■Catharanthus roseus's delicate appearance belies its powerful pharmaceutical prowess.
从长春花的柔弱的外表很难看出其强大的药学用途。
■Not only many of them set standards for performance prowess and stamina, each embodies a redefining of the technical limits of instrument.
他们不仅对演奏者的超凡技巧和毅力设定了标准,每首作品还重新定义了乐器演奏技巧的极限。
■They were kidding one another and nudging and joking over their skiing prowess.
他们彼此打趣推搡着,拿对方的滑雪技艺寻开心。
■All have the talent to use their physical prowess, and all have the burning ambition to achieve a life free from the worry of having to find enough food and shelter to survive each day.
他们都具有发挥自己非凡的身体技能的禀赋,都有强烈的欲望要摆脱每日为生存而不得不去寻找足够的食物和栖身之所的忧虑。
■He was famous for his prowess as an athlete.
他作为一名运动员以技艺高超而著称。
■He did not ascend to heights of intellectual prowess, he was not schooled by the finest tutors in the land nor taught the blade or axe by noble mentors.
他完全没有发挥出自己惊人的天才智慧,没有家庭教师教导礼仪,也没有贵族教授他刀和斧的使用。
■He said some genial words about Pug's football prowess against Army in the old days.
他就帕格从前同陆军进行的足球比赛中所显露的锋芒说了几句亲切友好的话。
■He was boasting as usual about his prowess on the tennis court, but Pam soon cut him down to size by beating him effortlessly in straight sets.
他总吹嘘自己在网球场上的杰出技术,可是帕姆毫不费力地连续数局败他,使他马上威风扫地。
■He is a football player of great prowess.
他是一名技能卓绝的足球选手。
■He shows great prowess at acting.
他显示了非凡的演技。
■He is full of talent but has no chance to display it; what a hero is he who has no place to display his prowess.
他满腹才华, 却得不到施展, 真是英雄无用武之地!
■He gives us really an extra advantage, I think, a weapon that's really important to us simply because it shores up our rebounding and defensive prowess.
他给了我们一个额外的优势,我认为这是很重要的武器,我们只是因为我们的篮板和防守的威慑力。
■He is a hero with no place to display his prowess.
他英雄无用武之地。
■He considered their military prowess an asset for the democracies.
他认为,他们的军事才能是民主国家的一份财富。
■He is unflappable in the face of danger, and even welcomes the opportunity to pit his formidable skills against the legendary prowess of the Jedi Knights.
他面对危险也镇定自若,甚至很高兴能有机会用自己的高超身手与传说中英勇的绝地武士一较短长。
■Better known for his kung fu prowess, the 44-year-old Chinese action star was named best actor at the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday for his performance in the Chinese epic "The Warlords.
以功夫绝技著称,现年44岁的中国动作明星李连杰在周日的第27届香港金像奖上以中国史诗巨著“投名状”获得最佳男主角奖。
■Take the case of Professor John Nash,who,despite being stricken with severe schizophrenia,was allowed to teach at America's Princeton University because of his mathematical prowess and who eventually won a Nobel Price for economics in 1994.
以数学天才约翰纳薛教授为例,他虽然曾患精神分裂症,却能够在美国普林斯顿大学教学,并在1994年获颁诺贝尔经济学奖。
■Mr Woods had built his image around a supposedly squeaky-clean personal life as well as his golfing prowess.
伍兹自己建立的形象拥有着无可挑剔的私人生活以及职业造诣。
■But the F-22’s electronic-attack skills have remained dormant, while the Air Force focuses on honing the jet’s air-to-air prowess, and improving vexing maintenance problems.
但当空军正关注于增强战机的空中格斗能力、改进烦人的维护问题时,F-22的电子战技能还只是潜在的。
■They're not celebrating their road prowess yet, especially after squeaking by Minnesota on Sunday, 111-108.
但是湖人队目前的客场战绩并不值得庆祝,尤其是本周一客场111:108险胜森林狼队。
■But China's market clout is not matched by its governance prowess.
但是,中国对市场的影响,与其治理能力并不相符。
■But that has less to do with its filmmaking prowess than with the global frenzy for high-tech stocks.
但是,制作电影的技术与世界的科技股热潮不能相提并论。
■As a classically trained musician, does Wang ever feel stifled having to make commercial pop music that basically cashes in on his good looks and dance moves, rather than his musical prowess?
作为一位受古典训练出身的音乐人,力宏是否曾经挣扎过必须创作很商业的流行音乐,那些基本上靠着脸蛋和舞蹈赚钱的歌曲,而非他本身高超的音乐内涵?
■You should learn which color stands for what, so you can apply its prowess to the areas that are lacking in your house and life.
你应该学习其中主张什么颜色,所以你可以把它的实力方面有欠缺你家生活。
■Your dedication and prowess serve as an example for all Blood Knights.
你的贡献和英勇可以作为一个所有血骑士的例子。
■Peggy showed off her new dancing steps and Walter, not to be outdone in a matter of entertaining visitors, his prowess at handstands, cartwheels and backward somersaults.
佩吉卖弄了她的舞步,而沃尔特在讨好观众方面也不甘示弱,就拿出了倒立、横翻筋斗和后翻筋斗的拿手好戏。
■Apple's marketing and product design prowess have sparked huge interest among consumers and forced other manufacturers to come up with new phones to blunt their new rival, said Paul Jacobs.
保罗·雅各布说,苹果的营销策略和产品设计优势引起了广大消费者的关注,同时也迫使其他制造商进行产品更新。
■Pheromones clearly act as sexual attractants in the animal world. Older male elephants, for example, exude sexual prowess with a mix of chemicals the younger bulls can't muster.
信息素显然在动物世界起性引诱剂的作用。例如,年纪大的雄性大象利用一组年轻的公象所没有的化学成分来展示它们的性能力。
■In its place GE touts its manufacturing and exporting prowess.
借此来展示通用的制造业和输出的能力。
■As a protector, you protect your charge with both combat prowess and the supernatural powers of your dragon mark.
做为一个保卫者,你有着高超的战斗技巧与龙纹的神奇力量来保护你的委托。
■By evening Perrault secured another dog, an old husky, long and lean and gaunt, with a battle-scarred face and a single eye which flashed a warning of prowess that commanded respect.
傍晚时分,波瑞特又弄来一条老赫基斯狗,又瘦又长,憔悴不堪,一张脸带着战斗后留下的痕迹,那只独眼射出要求敬畏的勇猛警示。
■Like his brothers, Edward had inherited his father's sporting prowess.
像他的兄长一样,爱德华继承了他父亲的体育天赋。
■Like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each one shows his or her special prowess.
八仙过海,各显神通。