talent

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英 ['tælənt] 美['tælənt]

释义

n. 才能；天才；天资

词态变化

复数: talents;

近义词

capacity ability gift skill forte capability endowment aptitude genius

助记提示

talent “大能”→天才, 人才，才干

中文词源

talent 天才，天资，天赋

来自拉丁语 talentum,重量，一定数目的钱，来自希腊语 talanton,称量，一定的重量，一定数目的钱，来自 PIE*tele,举起，称重，词源同 extol,tolerate.据考证，1 talent 为 6000 古希腊货币 drachma,在当时为一大笔钱。现词义来自圣经的一则寓言，讲得是主人要出远门，按能力给了三个奴隶一个 5 talenta,一个 2 talenta,一个 1talent,很久以后主人回来了，前两个奴隶用钱投资钱生钱，最后一个奴隶把钱埋在地底下，主人生气的说，即使你不会投资，你把钱存入银行至少也有利息啊，我要没收你的钱，把钱交给有能力的人。后引申词义天才，天资等。

英文词源

talent: talent: [13] Greek tálanton meant ‘balance, weight’, and hence ‘unit of weight or money’. Latin borrowed it as talentum, using it metaphorically for ‘mental inclination’, and it was in this sense that English originally acquired it, via Old French talent. ‘Unit of money’ did not arrive (apart from one isolated Old English instance) until the late 14th century, and it was the use of the word in the parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14–30), in which a master gave his servants talents (money), which two of them put out to interest, earning their master’s approval, while the other less enterprising servant simply buried his, that led in the early 15th century to the use of the term for ‘aptitude, ability’.
talent (n.): late 13c., "inclination, disposition, will, desire," from Old French talent (12c.), from Medieval Latin talenta, plural of talentum "inclination, leaning, will, desire" (11c.), in classical Latin "balance, weight; sum of money," from Greek talanton "a balance, pair of scales," hence "weight, definite weight, anything weighed," and in later times sum of money," from PIE *tele- "to lift, support, weigh," "with derivatives referring to measured weights and thence money and payment" [Watkins]; see extol.
An ancient denomination of weight, originally Babylonian (though the name is Greek), and varying widely in value among different peoples and at different times. [Century Dictionary]
According to Liddell & Scott, as a monetary sum, considered to consist of 6,000 drachmae, or, in Attica, 57.75 lbs. of silver. Also borrowed in other Germanic languages and Celtic. Attested in Old English as talente). The Medieval Latin and common Romanic sense developed from figurative use of the word in the sense of "money." Meaning "special natural ability, aptitude, gift committed to one for use and improvement" developed by mid-15c., in part perhaps from figurative sense "wealth," but mostly from the parable of the talents in Matt. xxv:14-30. Meaning "persons of ability collectively" is from 1856.

双语例句

1. Talent, hard work and sheer tenacity are all crucial to career success.: 事业要成功，才能、勤奋和顽强的意志都至关重要。

2. I believe I have the talent to make it.: 我相信自己有成功的天分。

3. With nothing but his own talent, he made himself rich and famous.: 他一无所有，仅靠自身才能就变得富有而出名。

4. Kauffman was a woman of unique talent and determination.: 考夫曼是一个有着超群才智和决断力的女子。

5. The festival remains a valuable showcase for new talent.: 音乐节一直是新秀展示才华的宝贵机会。

英英释意

1. natural qualities or talents

2. a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity

实用场景例句

to have great artistic talent: 很有艺术天赋

a man of many talents: 多才多艺的男子

She showed considerable talent for getting what she wanted.: 她很有天资，能够心想事成。

a talent competition/contest/show (= in which people perform, to show how well they can sing, dance, etc.): 才艺选拔赛 / 大奖赛 / 演出

There is a wealth of young talent in British theatre.: 英国戏剧界年轻一代人才辈出。

He is a great talent.: 他是个了不起的人才。

He likes to spend his time chatting up the local talent.: 他喜欢把时间花在和当地的妞儿搭讪上。

She is proud that both her children have a talent for music...: 她为自己的两个孩子都有音乐天赋而自豪。

The player was given hardly any opportunities to show off his talents...: 那位选手几乎没有得到什么机会展示自己的天赋。

Developing an internal and external communication plan.: 制订内部及外部沟通计划.

There was a lot of talents in this city.: 在这个城市里有很多人才.

His talent was submerged by his shyness.: 他的才华为其羞怯所遮覆.

She never boasts about her talent.: 她从不夸耀自己的才华.

Have grandiose aims but puny abilities, great ambition but little talent.: 眼高手低, 志大才疏.

He has a talent for saying the wrong thing at the wrong time.: 他有在不恰当的时候说不恰当的话的天才.

The ancient people who was successful, not only had exceptional talent but also had unflinching will.: 古人立大事者, 不惟有超世之才,亦必有望忍不拔之志.

Talent is his boast.: 他以有才自豪.

These four crooked ministers are jealous of real talent and block righteous conduct.: 这四个贼臣弄权,嫉贤妒能,闭塞贤路.

The two persons have the same talent and abilities.: 二人才力相埒.

If your talent combines with diligence, you can excel in your pursuit.: 如果你把天赋与勤奋结合起来, 你所追求的事业便会出类拔萃.

The company has a galaxy of talent.: 该公司拥有一批优秀的人才.

He was asked to demonstrate his talent in Japan.: 他应邀去日本献艺.

Li Bai was a Tang poet of superb talent.: 李白是唐代一位才气横溢的诗人.

We must make use of our untapped reservoirs of talent.: 我们必须利用我们尚未利用的人才.

We deem very highly of his administrative talent.: 我们非常看重他的管理才能.

You obviously have an innate talent for music.: 你显然有天生的音乐才能.

These children have a huge reserve of latent talent.: 这些孩子蕴藏着极大的潜在天赋。

He was a shrewd lawyer with a talent for uncovering paper trails of fraud.: 他是个精明强干的律师，能从一连串文件中找出诈骗的蛛丝马迹。

He had seldom seen a child with so much talent.: 有如此天赋的孩子他以往没见过几个。

考试真题

For this purpose, our schools need both the talent and the organization to educate each child who arrives at the schoolhouse door.

They thought that a person with talent or intelligence did not need to work hard to do well.

They lack talent to fix their deepening problems.

The teachers must be free to teach in their own way—the curriculum should be flexible enough so that they can use their individual talents to achieve the goals of the course.

Teaching is an art and a craft, talent and practice; it is not something that just anyone can be good at.

It requires talent and practice.

Lack of the right kind of talents.

Helping their children to bring their talent into full play.

The importance of non-financial firms will accordingly rise, along with their ability to attract the best talent.

The man's unique talents are the envy of many people.

Citing the work of psychologists and cognitive (认知的)scientists, Leslie criticizes the received wisdom that academic success is the result of a combination of intellectual talent and hard work.

I choose to believe in hard work, but not so much in talent.

In the back room of the little bakery, his interest in design and his baking talent combined to work wonders—he shaped delicious masterpieces out of flour, butter and sugar.

Teaching is an art and a craft, talent and practice; It is not something that just anyone can be good at.

In these groups, which came out of an Eastern European tradition of developing young talent, professors teach promising K-12 students advanced mathematics for several hours after school or on weekends.

Whatever your talents, it is extraordinarily difficult to get a leading job in most fields without having been to university.

But it is another thing to have a supply of trained talent that could let you carry out this promise.

His talent as an accomplished musician.

I could see there was a lot of talent there and some great potential, particularly in their product development.

In recent years, feminists, historians and artists have all praised Merian's tenacity, talent and inspirational artistic compositions.

Natural talent helps in some way, but at the end of the day you really do need to work hard and get really, really good at what you do.

Not surprisingly, much of Nokia's most valuable design and programming talent left as well.

Overall, the strike is an effort to provide more secondary compensation along with other concerns,such as transparency upon hiring talent and on-set safety precautions.

These adjustments encourage employers in the knowledge and talent industries to keep their offices downtown.

We are committed to fostering new music talent.

Although skills and talents bring great success, the most valuable asset one can hold is the heart.

Another possibility is that when there is a lot of talent on a team, some players may make less effort.

Benjamin west, the father of American painting, showed his talent for art when he was only six years of age.

Building up a dream team is more complex than simply hiring the best talent.

For football and basketball, adding talented players to a team proves a good method, but only up to the point where 70% of the players are top talent; above that level, the team's performance begins to decline.

Her talent for sprinting was known to all.

I soon noticed it wasn't a talent thing; it was practice.

Interestingly, this trend isn't evident in baseball, where additional individual talent keeps improving the team's performance.

Moore wants to use her unique talent to help others find their smiles.

No one will ever know what mix of talent, ambition, energy and luck made Dickens such a distinguished writer.

Several recent studies examined the role of talent in the sports world.

Sports team owners spend millions of dollars attracting top talent.

They conclude that when task interdependence is high, team performance will suffer when there is too much talent, while individual talent will have positive effects on team performance when task interdependence is lower.

Thought the music talent of Steve was exhausted.

With her talent and determination, it appears that the sky could be the limit for Alice moore.

Productions and the great Griffon present the play by Rajiv Joseph, in which an Origami artist invites a teenage talent and his teacher into her studio.

The best model for understanding the growth of CEO pay is that of limited CEO talent in a world where business opportunities for the top firms are growing rapidly.

There is as much joy over a puffed-out first-timer being clapped over the line as there is about top talent shining.

同义词辨析

ability, capacity, capability, genius, talent, competence, faculty, gift, aptitude

这些名词均可表示人的"能力，才能"之意。

ability：普通用词，指人先天的或学来的各种能力。

capacity：侧重指人的潜在能力，通常不指体力，多指才智，尤指接受与领悟能力。

capability：多用于人，指胜任某项具体工作的能力，也指本身具有、尚未发挥的潜在能力。常与of或for连用。

genius：语气最强，指天赋的高度才能与智力。

talent：着重指人某方面具有可发展和培养的突出天赋才能，但语意比genius弱。

competence：正式用词，侧重指令人满意的业务能力与水平，达到胜任某项工作等的要求。

faculty：指特殊的才能或智力。

gift：着重个人的天赋的才能或在某方面的显著本领，常暗含不能用一般规律作解释的意味。

aptitude：多指先天或后天习得的运用自如的能力，常暗示接受能力强，能迅速掌握一种学术训练或艺术技巧。