ablest

英 [ˈeɪblɪst] 美 [ˈeɪbəlst]

adj.  能; 能够; 有才智的; 有才能的; (某方面)擅长的
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柯林斯词典

  1. PHR-MODAL (因具有品质或技能)能做到…的
    If you are able to do something, you have skills or qualities which make it possible for you to do it.
    1. The older child should be able to prepare a simple meal...
      那个年纪稍大的孩子应当会做一顿简单的饭菜。
    2. The company say they're able to keep pricing competitive...
      该公司说他们能够使定价保持竞争力。
    3. They seemed able to work together very efficiently.
      他们看来能很有效率地合作。
  2. PHR-MODAL (因有足够的自由、权力、时间、财力等而)可以…的,能够…的
    If you are able to do something, you have enough freedom, power, time, or money to do it.
    1. You'll be able to read in peace...
      你就能安心地读书了。
    2. Have you been able to have any kind of contact?...
      你联系上了吗?
    3. It would be nice to be able to afford to retire earlier.
      无后顾之忧而能提早退休当是件幸事。
  3. ADJ-GRADED 聪明能干的;能力出众的
    Someone who is able is very clever or very good at doing something.
    1. ...one of the brightest and ablest members of the government...
      政府里最聪明能干的成员之一
    2. They are bright, intelligent, able and confident.
      他们聪明又智慧,能干又自信。
  4. Note that able and capable are both used to say that someone can do something. When you say that someone is able to do something, you mean that they can do it either because of their knowledge or skill, or because it is possible. He wondered if he would be able to climb over the rail... They were able to use their profits for new investments. Note that if you use a past tense, you are saying that someone has actually done something. We were able to reduce costs. When you say that someone is capable of doing something, you mean either that they have the knowledge and skill to do it, or that they are likely to do it. The workers are perfectly capable of running the organization themselves... She was quite capable of falling asleep. You can say that someone is capable of a particular feeling or action. He's capable of loyalty... Bowman could not believe him capable of murder. You can also use 'capable of' when talking about what something such as a car or machine can do. The car was capable of 110 miles per hour. If you describe someone as able or capable, you mean that they do things well. He's certainly a capable gardener.
    注意,able和capable都用来表示某人能做某事。able 既可表示因拥有某种知识或技能而能做某事,也可表示客观可能:He wondered if he would be able to climb over the rail (他不知自己能否攀过栏杆),They were able to use their profits for new investments (他们得以将利润用于再投资)。要注意的是,如果用过去时,则表示实际做了该事:We were able to reduce costs (我们做到了降低成本)。capable既可表示具有做某事的技能或知识,也可表示做某事有较大的可能性:The workers are perfectly capable of running the organization themselves (工人完全能够自己管理这个机构),She was quite capable of falling asleep (她很容易睡着)。capable 还可表示具有某种情感或能够做出某一行为:He's capable of loyalty (他能做到忠心耿耿),Bowman could not believe him capable of murder (鲍曼无法相信他会杀人)。capable亦用于指汽车、机器等的性能:The car was capable of 110 miles per hour (这辆车时速可达110英里)。able或capable形容人时表示“有能力的”、“能力强的”:He's certainly a capable gardener (他绝对是一名能干的园丁)。



    双语例句

    1. He approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.
      他具有近乎最能干的政治家的品质。
    2. Upon reflection Nixon and I decided to appoint David K. E. Bruce, one of our ablest ambassadors and most distinguished public figures.
      尼克松和我经过考虑,决定委派我国最得力的大使和最有声望的社会名流之一的戴维·布鲁斯。
    3. They held a meeting and chose two of their ablest men to look for water.
      他们合计了一下,选出两个最能干的人去找水。
    4. She is the ablest girl I've met.
      她是我见到的最能干的女孩子!
    5. Ambassadors report him the ablest man in the country.
      大使们都说他是该国首屈一指的大能人。
    6. Many Japanese regarded him as the ablest Chinese strategist alive.
      许多日本人都认为他是中国现有的最有才干的战略家。
    7. The top Indian civil servants impressed me as man for man the ablest people in any civil service with which I have had experience.
      在我所接触过的公务员中,印度的高级公务员留给我的印象是,他们个个都是最为能干的人。
    8. The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
      能干的领航员永远看风使帆。
    9. They took one of my ablest jokes and read it over carefully twice and then read it backwards.
      他们取了我一篇最有意思的笑话,仔细看了两遍,倒过来又看了一遍。
    10. I had deliberately recruited the ablest young men and women I could find.
      我有意识地吸收了我所能物色到的最能干的青年男女。
    11. I asked for a list of the ablest senior State Department officers for possible elevation to key positions.
      我请人开列了一张国务院最能干的高级官员名单,以备日后可能提升要职之用。
    12. For years she had been as good as engaged to Jeffrey Penniman, one of the ablest young bachelors in town.
      几年来她差不多已经和镇上的一个最有才能的年轻单身汉杰弗里·彭尼曼订婚了。
    13. G: Well, he is the ablest teacher I have ever known.
      古:是的,他也是我所认识的最有能力的老师。