adept
adept
a.dept AHD[…-dµpt“] DJ[*6dept] KK[*6dWpt]AHD[²d“µpt”]
adj.(形容词)
    Very skilled.See Synonyms atproficient
    熟练的,擅长的:很有技巧的参见proficient
n.(名词)
    A highly skilled person; an expert:
    能手,内行:有很高技巧的人;专家:
  “The adepts in Washington mean to give rather than to take”(&b{Lewis H. Lapham})
   “华盛顿的能人们意味着给予而不是索取”(刘易斯H.拉伯姆)
ORIGIN
1.Latinadeptus [past participle of] adipīscī [to attain]
    拉丁语adeptus [] adipīscī的过去分词 [获取]
2.ad- [ad-]
    ad- [前缀,表“朝向”]
3.apīscī [to grasp]
    apīscī [抓牢]
DERIVATIVES
▪adept“ly adv.(副词)
▪adept“ness n.(名词)