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单词 aptitude
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Definition of aptitude in English:

aptitude

noun ˈaptɪtjuːdˈæptəˌt(j)ud
  • 1A natural ability to do something.

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    children with an aptitude for painting and drawing
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Secondly these students deserve the chance to overcome this initial hiccup, to show whatever aptitudes, abilities they have.
    • He has leadership ability and the aptitude to learn from mistakes.
    • They also have a remarkable aptitude for spreading the word virally when they discover something that excites them.
    • The truth, of course, is that there is no difference between selection by aptitude and selection by ability.
    • The new middle-class epistemology concentrated on a connection between physical aptitudes and mental ability, making alleged distinctions between male and female anatomy.
    • My ideology holds men to be equal to women, and to me as an individual, in their abilities and aptitudes to communicate and understand the spoken word.
    • There are 21 priority places available for students on the basis of their aptitude for the Performing Arts each year.
    • I am asked for my view on the Olympic Games, which is that they affirm the British aptitude for sports that involve sitting down.
    • An aptitude for dealing in stock and runs, and in accumulating capital and assets, soon became apparent.
    • The group rapidly bypassed disciplinary differences to focus on a common set of preferred aptitudes and abilities associated with critical thinking, reading, and writing.
    • On Monday, it was to the driving range, where I rediscovered my startling aptitude for slicing the ball, though I was relieved to make contact at all.
    • I have a knowledge of their abilities and aptitudes that I would not get from a traditional one semester class.
    • Was it around that age that you realized that you had an aptitude for the instrument?
    • A similar argument could be made for selecting children with an aptitude for music, he went on.
    • My only assumption is that an aptitude for law school exists and that it can, to some extent, be measured.
    • He had previously believed that he did not have a natural aptitude for learning languages, through his experiences at school.
    • Discovering you have a natural talent or aptitude for something feels good.
    • Also, do taller women have a higher ratio of mathematical and spatial reasoning aptitudes to verbal aptitudes as compared to shorter women?
    • But Brad never got his sea legs, showing an early aptitude for skating on ice rather than sailing on water.
    • Not everyone has the aptitude or ability to do everything.
    Synonyms
    talent, skill, expertise, expertness, adeptness, skilfulness, prowess, mastery, artistry, calibre, accomplishment
    1. 1.1 A natural tendency.
      自然的倾向,习性
      the aptitude of this society to assimilate new elements
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They require tact and a deftness that neither government has shown much aptitude for or inclination toward.
      • Most teens' natural aptitude for interactivity is what often sets them apart from older generations.
      • In fact, his was a different kind of mind with an aptitude more for philosophical thoughts and concepts than for literary pursuits.
      • Saul senses in Eliza a natural aptitude for mysticism, blossoming from the way in which the letters seem to appear to her in a vision.
      • His grandmother used to sit with mediums, and he was always aware of his own aptitude for the spiritual.
      • He has shown neither the desire nor the aptitude for such a role.
      • In fact, even when immersed in play writing, he had betrayed his aptitude for philosophical ideas and concepts.
      • It also acknowledges that patients differ in their choice of therapies according to their aptitudes and inclinations towards the various options.
      • People typically think of the brain as a genetically fixed source of intelligence, aptitudes and personality.
      • Despite having a phenomenal song writing talent, he seems to lack an aptitude for conciseness.
      • Except sometimes I completely lose my inborn aptitude for sleeping for excessively long stretches.
      • Vine identification and the study of individual varieties' characteristics and aptitudes is a decidedly underdeveloped field of activity.
      • It targets talented Year 10 students with an aptitude for enterprise.
      Synonyms
      talent, gift, flair, bent, skill, knack, facility, finesse, genius
      ability, proficiency, competence, capability, potential, capacity, faculty
      expertise, expertness, adeptness, prowess, mastery, artistry
      propensity, inclination, natural ability, suitability, fitness
      head, mind, brain
      informal know-how
  • 2archaic mass noun Suitability or fitness.

    aptitude of expression

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin aptitudo, from aptus (see apt).

Definition of aptitude in US English:

aptitude

nounˈæptəˌt(j)udˈaptəˌt(y)o͞od
  • 1A natural ability to do something.

    天资,才能

    children with an aptitude for painting and drawing
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The group rapidly bypassed disciplinary differences to focus on a common set of preferred aptitudes and abilities associated with critical thinking, reading, and writing.
    • The truth, of course, is that there is no difference between selection by aptitude and selection by ability.
    • An aptitude for dealing in stock and runs, and in accumulating capital and assets, soon became apparent.
    • My ideology holds men to be equal to women, and to me as an individual, in their abilities and aptitudes to communicate and understand the spoken word.
    • He had previously believed that he did not have a natural aptitude for learning languages, through his experiences at school.
    • I am asked for my view on the Olympic Games, which is that they affirm the British aptitude for sports that involve sitting down.
    • Secondly these students deserve the chance to overcome this initial hiccup, to show whatever aptitudes, abilities they have.
    • He has leadership ability and the aptitude to learn from mistakes.
    • Discovering you have a natural talent or aptitude for something feels good.
    • I have a knowledge of their abilities and aptitudes that I would not get from a traditional one semester class.
    • Also, do taller women have a higher ratio of mathematical and spatial reasoning aptitudes to verbal aptitudes as compared to shorter women?
    • Was it around that age that you realized that you had an aptitude for the instrument?
    • Not everyone has the aptitude or ability to do everything.
    • There are 21 priority places available for students on the basis of their aptitude for the Performing Arts each year.
    • The new middle-class epistemology concentrated on a connection between physical aptitudes and mental ability, making alleged distinctions between male and female anatomy.
    • My only assumption is that an aptitude for law school exists and that it can, to some extent, be measured.
    • A similar argument could be made for selecting children with an aptitude for music, he went on.
    • But Brad never got his sea legs, showing an early aptitude for skating on ice rather than sailing on water.
    • On Monday, it was to the driving range, where I rediscovered my startling aptitude for slicing the ball, though I was relieved to make contact at all.
    • They also have a remarkable aptitude for spreading the word virally when they discover something that excites them.
    Synonyms
    talent, skill, expertise, expertness, adeptness, skilfulness, prowess, mastery, artistry, calibre, accomplishment
    1. 1.1 A natural tendency.
      自然的倾向,习性
      the aptitude of this society to assimilate new elements
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Except sometimes I completely lose my inborn aptitude for sleeping for excessively long stretches.
      • People typically think of the brain as a genetically fixed source of intelligence, aptitudes and personality.
      • In fact, even when immersed in play writing, he had betrayed his aptitude for philosophical ideas and concepts.
      • In fact, his was a different kind of mind with an aptitude more for philosophical thoughts and concepts than for literary pursuits.
      • Most teens' natural aptitude for interactivity is what often sets them apart from older generations.
      • Despite having a phenomenal song writing talent, he seems to lack an aptitude for conciseness.
      • He has shown neither the desire nor the aptitude for such a role.
      • Saul senses in Eliza a natural aptitude for mysticism, blossoming from the way in which the letters seem to appear to her in a vision.
      • They require tact and a deftness that neither government has shown much aptitude for or inclination toward.
      • It targets talented Year 10 students with an aptitude for enterprise.
      • His grandmother used to sit with mediums, and he was always aware of his own aptitude for the spiritual.
      • It also acknowledges that patients differ in their choice of therapies according to their aptitudes and inclinations towards the various options.
      • Vine identification and the study of individual varieties' characteristics and aptitudes is a decidedly underdeveloped field of activity.
      Synonyms
      talent, gift, flair, bent, skill, knack, facility, finesse, genius
  • 2archaic Suitability or fitness.

    aptitude of expression

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin aptitudo, from aptus (see apt).

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