- (also less frequent competency)[uncountable, countable] competence (in something) | competence (in doing something)
the ability to do something well 能力;胜任 to gain a high level of competence in English 获得高水平的英语能力 professional/technical competence 专业/技术能力
Extra ExamplesHe gradually developed the competence to deal with the more difficult cases. 他逐渐具备了处理更棘手问题的能力。 I'm afraid the work is beyond his competence. 恐怕他不能胜任这个工作。 She shows a high level of technical competence. 她表现出很高的技术水平。 Students had questioned her competence as a teacher. 学生曾经怀疑她能否胜任老师的工作。 The company's core competence lay in engineering. 该公司的核心能力在于工程方面。 This should be well within your competence. 这应该完全在你的能力范围之内。 The course is aimed at developing professional competence in language teachers. 本课程旨在提高语言教师的专业能力。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- basic
- academic
- …
- have
- demonstrate
- display
- …
- beyond somebody’s competence
- within somebody’s competence
- competence as
- …
- a level of competence
- a standard of competence
- [uncountable] (
law )法律 the power that a court, an organization or a person has to deal with something (法庭、机构或人的)权限,管辖权 The judge has to act within the competence of the court. 法官必须在法庭的权限范围内行使权力。 outside somebody’s area of competence 超出某人的权限范围
Extra ExamplesThe decisions come within the competence of the committee. 这些决定属于委员会的职权范围。 matters that fall outside the court's competence 属于法庭权限以外的事务 The commission has no formal competence in cultural matters. 委员会对文化事务没有正式管辖权。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- formal
- exclusive
- have
- outside somebody/something’s competence
- within somebody/something’s competence
- an area of competence
- [countable] (also less frequent competency)(specialist)
a skill that you need in a particular job or for a particular task 技能;本领