prowess

prowess

英 ['praʊɪs]
　　美 ['praʊəs]

n. 英勇；超凡技術；勇猛

中文詞源：

prowess 非凡的技能，造詣

來自prow,勇敢的，-ess,名詞後綴。引申詞義非凡的技能，造詣。

例句：

1. The best and the brightest pupils competed to demonstrate their intellectual prowess.
最出色、最聰明的學生們競相展示他們的才智。

2. He was famous for his prowess as an athlete.
他作為一名運動員以技藝高超而著稱.

3. He's always bragging about his prowess as a cricketer.
他總是吹噓自己板球水平高超。

4. Hurry had a respectable reputation for prowess among his associates.
赫利在和他相識的人中,素有勇敢豪俠的名聲.

5. We had to admire his prowess as an oarsman / his rowing prowess.
我們不能不佩服他那瞭不起的劃槳本領.