skill in using your hands or your mind (手)灵巧,熟练;(思维)敏捷,灵活 You need good manual dexterity to be a dentist. 要成为一名牙医,你需要良好的手巧。 mental/verbal dexterity 智能;说话技巧
Extra ExamplesShe handled the discussion with dexterity. 对这一讨论她处理得很巧妙。 Video games demand great manual dexterity. 玩电子游戏,双手需要很灵巧。 Desirable qualities for this type of career include charm, verbal dexterity and charisma. 这种职业所需要的素质包括个人魅力、语言技巧和感召力。
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’.