skill in using your hands or your mind (手)靈巧,熟練;(思維)敏捷,靈活 You need good manual dexterity to be a dentist. 要成爲一名牙醫,你需要良好的手巧。 mental/verbal dexterity 智能;說話技巧
Extra ExamplesShe handled the discussion with dexterity. 對這一討論她處理得很巧妙。 Video games demand great manual dexterity. 玩電子遊戲,雙手需要很靈巧。 Desirable qualities for this type of career include charm, verbal dexterity and charisma. 這種職業所需要的素質包括個人魅力、語言技巧和感召力。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- manual
- demand
- require
- have
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- with dexterity
Word Originearly 16th cent. (in the sense ‘mental skill’): from French dextérité, from Latin dexteritas, from dexter ‘on the right’.