masterful
/ˈmɑːstəfʊl/adjective
1
- powerful and able to control others强有力的; 有支配力的：
he looked masculine and masterful.
他看起来很有男子汉气概和驾驭能力。
2
- performed or performing very skilfully技艺高超的, 精湛的：
a masterful assessment of the difficulties.
对困难的精确估计。
USAGE
Some writers maintain a distinction between masterful and masterly, using masterful to mean 'powerful and able to control others' （a masterful tone of voice） and masterly to mean 'with the skill of a master' （a masterly performance）. In practice the two words overlap considerably in the second meaning: more than half the citations for masterful in the Oxford English Corpus relate to the sense 'with the skill of a master'.
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