talent/aptitude/faculty/genius/gift/knack.导航词义：天赋，能力

1. talent:n. 天资，才能.指人在某一方面所具有的可发展和培养的突出天赋，语气弱于 genius。

The father found that his son had a musical talent.

父亲发现儿子有音乐天赋。

Do you have a talent for painting?

你有绘画天分吗?

He is a writer of exceptional literary talent.

他是位文采出众的作家。

2. aptitude:n. 天资，资质.指天生的才能，尤指在学习方面的聪颖资质，能迅速掌握某种技能、技巧等，通常后接介词 for。

He has a natural aptitude for writing.

他有写作的天赋。

Edison had a remarkable aptitude for inventing new things.

爱迪生具有发明创造的非凡才能。

The boy skipped the third grade because of his great aptitude in mathematics.

那个小男孩因在数学方面极具天赋而从二年级跳到了四年级。

As a child, he showed an aptitude for the piano.

在孩提时代，他便显露出弹奏钢琴的天赋。

3. faculty:n. 才能，技能.指某种特殊的才能、能力。

George has a faculty for inspiring confidence in people.

乔治具有激发他人信心的能力。

Studying has really sharpened her critical faculties.

学习的确增强了她的判断能力。

4. genius:n. 天才，天赋.语气最强，可指天赋极高者，也可指天赋的特殊才能与智力，强调高智商，含具有独特的创造力之意。

Einstein was a great scientific genius.

爱因斯坦是个伟大的科学天才。

He was a genius in both science and art.

他在科学和艺术两方面都是天才。

He has some share of his father's genius.

他有几分父亲传给他的天赋。

She has a genius for linguistics.

她具有学习语言学的天赋。

5. gift:n. 天赋，才能.指人天生具有的能力或品质，但不一定具有创造力；也可泛指某人在某一方面突出的个人才能。

I've always had a gift for learning languages.

我一向有学习语言的天分。

He seemed to have a gift for pastiche.

他似乎有模仿他人作品的天赋。

6. knack:n. 本事，技能.指人天生的或后天学来的某种技能或本领。

a knack for remembering faces

记人的本领

He has a knack for making money.

他天生有赚钱的本领。

Till has a knack of saying funny things.

蒂尔有说俏皮话的本事。

She's got the knack of getting people to listen.

她有让人倾听的本领。

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1·She was extolled as a genius.

她被誉为天才。《牛津词典》

2·He's a genius at organizing people.

他是人员组织方面的天才。《牛津词典》

3·This is the mark of her real genius as a designer.

这是她作为一名设计师的真正天赋的标志。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·Where do you draw the line between genius and madness?

天才和疯狂之间如何划界呢？《牛津词典》

5·She's an intelligent woman, I grant you, but she's no genius.

我同意，她是一个很聪明的女人，但并不是天才。《牛津词典》

6·The man had genius and had made his mark in the aviation world.

那位男士拥有天赋，而且在航空界已经成名。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

7·He's a real genius but he has difficulty verbalizing his ideas.

他确实是个天才，可是难以用语言表达他的思想。《牛津词典》

8·He has been variously described as a hero, a genius and a bully.

他被描述为英雄、天才、恶霸，不一而足。《牛津词典》

9·He was a genius and because of it you could accept lapses of taste.

他是一个天才，因此他偶失得体，人们也可以接受。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

10·Einstein was a scientist who hated pomposity and disliked being called a genius.

科学家爱因斯坦不喜欢摆架子，也不喜欢被称为天才。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

天才

1·Where do you draw the line between genius and madness?

天才和疯狂之间如何划界呢？《牛津词典》

2·She's an intelligent woman, I grant you, but she's no genius.

我同意，她是一个很聪明的女人，但并不是天才。《牛津词典》

3·He was a genius and because of it you could accept lapses of taste.

他是一个天才，因此他偶失得体，人们也可以接受。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·Einstein was a scientist who hated pomposity and disliked being called a genius.

科学家爱因斯坦不喜欢摆架子，也不喜欢被称为天才。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

5·He was a genius in other aspects.

在其他方面，他是一个天才。

天赋

1·This is the mark of her real genius as a designer.

这是她作为一名设计师的真正天赋的标志。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·The man had genius and had made his mark in the aviation world.

那位男士拥有天赋，而且在航空界已经成名。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·Despite the general acknowledgment of his genius, there has been a noticeable reluctance to rank him with, say, Schumann or Brahms.

尽管人们普遍承认他的天赋，但人们明显不愿意把他与舒曼或勃拉姆斯相提并论。

4·I had heard that genius could show itself at an early age, so I was only slightly taken aback that I had achieved perfection at the tender age of 14.

我早就听说天赋可以在很小的时候就显露出来，所以对于自己在14岁就达到了完美，我只是略微吃了一惊。

5·Some like to refer to him as a genius, but if there was any genius to Marconi it was his vision.

有些人喜欢称他为天才，但如果说马可尼真有什么天赋的话，那就是他的远见。

精神

1·That's the true genius of America that America can change.

这正是真正的美国精神：也就是美国能够改变。

(1)universal genius宇宙级天才；全能之才

(1)stroke of genius神来一笔；天才之举

(1)genius loci一个地方的风气或特色；一个地方的守护神