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单词 mastery
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Definition of mastery in English:

mastery

noun ˈmɑːst(ə)riˈmæst(ə)ri
mass noun
  • 1Comprehensive knowledge or skill in a particular subject or activity.

    she played with some mastery
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Their enthusiastic presentation demonstrated their mastery of the subject and of the skills necessary to execute their projects.
    • Then, you'll be able to convert that knowledge into the total mastery of your machine.
    • Yet, accomplished mastery of all the knowledge and techniques important to preaching may not make the preacher successful.
    • The multiple-choice questions do not give the opportunity for the student to convey his mastery on the subject.
    • You resolve business and professional matters effortlessly with mastery and expertise.
    • This narrative voice challenges our desire for mastery of knowledge.
    • You can move people from the basic level of just knowing how to do something to real mastery of the subject.
    • Thus, additional practice and greater skill mastery is recommended in preparation for night diving activities.
    • A good article requires mastery of the subject and research, so does lecturing.
    • It also calls for questions that test the mastery of specific knowledge, skill, or ability statements.
    • Over a number of crucial commands he has displayed technical mastery and an exceptional ability to command and lead effectively.
    • It would be good if there were more people with real mastery of other subjects.
    • Yet mastery of some knowledge and the art of control is the secret of success.
    • This demonstrates how dichotomous scoring cannot reward students for less than full knowledge or mastery of the content area.
    • It's purity and balanced design reveals Gill's mastery and understanding of classic letterforms.
    • His quest for knowledge and mastery extends beyond the proper way to run a slant pattern, although he could tell you that, step by step.
    • Our professional mastery of aerospace power, our knowledge and doctrine create an advantage that is not easily eroded.
    • I have discovered it is the lack of mastery of these important subjects that tends to haunt a student throughout musical study.
    • By using this example, I do not mean to suggest that mastery of technical skill is not important, only that it is not sufficient.
    • A craftsman must be master of his tools, and mastery is impossible without intimate knowledge.
    Synonyms
    proficiency, ability, capability
    knowledge, understanding, comprehension, familiarity, command, grasp, grip
    skill, skilfulness, expertise, dexterity, finesse, adroitness, virtuosity, prowess, deftness, proficiency
    informal know-how
    1. 1.1 The action of mastering a subject or skill.
      a child's mastery of language
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The audience responded the way it would to any foreigner, whose mastery of the language could be restricted to the pleasantries.
      • We learn this when we come into a strange country with entirely strange traditions; and, what is more, even given a mastery of the country's language.
      • He has no mastery of the Brackish language, but he knows a challenge when he hears one.
      • It is in the early years that languages can most easily be learned, and the mastery of a second language makes that of a third even easier.
      • The requirement that you prove your mastery of the Bulgarian language has, as reported in The Sofia Echo some time ago, been removed.
      • The mastery of at least two languages as well as the mother tongue is essential to secure the future of British society.
      • As children gain mastery in real skills, they should take pride in their accomplishments.
      • Not all these capacities depend on one's mastery of a language.
      • The primary focus of the sessions is to increase the mastery of the English language.
      • In this scenario, your mastery of the English language will do you no good.
      • Its new rendition emphasized equity through English language mastery and transitional bilingual education.
      • The scene is significant because it points up the connection between mastery of language and mastery of social situation.
      • As children gain mastery over language skills, they become more sophisticated in their conversational abilities.
      • Yet to become a qualified working member of staff at an international conference, mastery of foreign languages is far from enough.
      • For one so young, her mastery over this archaic tongue was surprising.
      • His mastery of the English language has often been in dispute but ‘Chronicles’ will surely put an end to the debate.
      • Of course, before you can get cracking on a second dialect, it helps if you've achieved some level of mastery of your first language.
      • Her mastery of his language was better than his mastery of hers.
  • 2Control or superiority over someone or something.

    man's mastery over nature
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Thus, these are terms applied to the geographic extent of achieving zero incidence, not to the degree of our mastery over the pathogen.
    • The third section tells how one gains mastery over natural forces through thought control.
    • It's a humbling thought that we may have mastery over the land, but the majority of the Earth is a realm where no human can tread…
    • The reason, argue two recent books, is that the developed world's technical mastery over water has led to a false sense of security.
    • The calmness combined with the mask's ability gave him an unprecedented level of power and mastery over the stones.
    • He sat in silence while the soldiers enjoyed themselves; he had enough mastery over himself to not act rashly.
    • But on the whole, in the ancient world, mastery over nature was not a plausible goal of inquiry.
    • And the free market is a useful servant, but when it claims total mastery over human life, we know what the consequences are.
    • He is seated on a tiger skin, a symbol of power, showing his mastery over the animal world.
    • The development of agriculture allowed for our increasing mastery over nature.
    • Every inhabitant of the city, however great or humble, seeks to achieve some measure of mastery over it.
    • Those are the people that want to control you and have mastery over the way that you think.
    • Narcissism and narcissistic identification both involve phantasies of power, omnipotence, mastery and control.
    • A discipline and some mastery over one's own mood are indispensable.
    • The pioneer legend had asserted human mastery over nature; ‘wilderness’ asserted the moral claim of nature over humans.
    • Only one other of his bloodline had ever tried to gain mastery over the artifact, and had been condemned for his impertinence.
    • The excitement comes from its depiction of mastery over the void, made possible by the invention of a new skin - the space suit.
    • Achieve mastery over your body by identifying with your soul.
    • The practice of Yoga is more or less physical in nature, through chanting, breathing and other exercises one tries to achieve physical mastery over the body.
    • He wanted obedience and he wanted mastery over the boy.
    Synonyms
    control, superiority, domination, command, ascendancy, supremacy, pre-eminence, triumph, victory, the upper hand, the whip hand, rule, government, power, sway, authority, jurisdiction, dominion, sovereignty

Origin

Middle English: from Old French maistrie, from maistre 'master'.

Rhymes

plastery
 
 

Definition of mastery in US English:

mastery

nounˈmæst(ə)riˈmast(ə)rē
  • 1Comprehensive knowledge or skill in a subject or accomplishment.

    she played with some mastery
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Then, you'll be able to convert that knowledge into the total mastery of your machine.
    • It's purity and balanced design reveals Gill's mastery and understanding of classic letterforms.
    • You resolve business and professional matters effortlessly with mastery and expertise.
    • Yet mastery of some knowledge and the art of control is the secret of success.
    • A craftsman must be master of his tools, and mastery is impossible without intimate knowledge.
    • Thus, additional practice and greater skill mastery is recommended in preparation for night diving activities.
    • This narrative voice challenges our desire for mastery of knowledge.
    • It would be good if there were more people with real mastery of other subjects.
    • Yet, accomplished mastery of all the knowledge and techniques important to preaching may not make the preacher successful.
    • By using this example, I do not mean to suggest that mastery of technical skill is not important, only that it is not sufficient.
    • You can move people from the basic level of just knowing how to do something to real mastery of the subject.
    • I have discovered it is the lack of mastery of these important subjects that tends to haunt a student throughout musical study.
    • This demonstrates how dichotomous scoring cannot reward students for less than full knowledge or mastery of the content area.
    • The multiple-choice questions do not give the opportunity for the student to convey his mastery on the subject.
    • Over a number of crucial commands he has displayed technical mastery and an exceptional ability to command and lead effectively.
    • A good article requires mastery of the subject and research, so does lecturing.
    • It also calls for questions that test the mastery of specific knowledge, skill, or ability statements.
    • Their enthusiastic presentation demonstrated their mastery of the subject and of the skills necessary to execute their projects.
    • Our professional mastery of aerospace power, our knowledge and doctrine create an advantage that is not easily eroded.
    • His quest for knowledge and mastery extends beyond the proper way to run a slant pattern, although he could tell you that, step by step.
    Synonyms
    proficiency, ability, capability
    skill, skilfulness, expertise, dexterity, finesse, adroitness, virtuosity, prowess, deftness, proficiency
    1. 1.1 The action or process of mastering a subject or accomplishment.
      a child's mastery of language
      Example sentencesExamples
      • His mastery of the English language has often been in dispute but ‘Chronicles’ will surely put an end to the debate.
      • Yet to become a qualified working member of staff at an international conference, mastery of foreign languages is far from enough.
      • Not all these capacities depend on one's mastery of a language.
      • Her mastery of his language was better than his mastery of hers.
      • For one so young, her mastery over this archaic tongue was surprising.
      • The audience responded the way it would to any foreigner, whose mastery of the language could be restricted to the pleasantries.
      • He has no mastery of the Brackish language, but he knows a challenge when he hears one.
      • The requirement that you prove your mastery of the Bulgarian language has, as reported in The Sofia Echo some time ago, been removed.
      • Of course, before you can get cracking on a second dialect, it helps if you've achieved some level of mastery of your first language.
      • Its new rendition emphasized equity through English language mastery and transitional bilingual education.
      • We learn this when we come into a strange country with entirely strange traditions; and, what is more, even given a mastery of the country's language.
      • The mastery of at least two languages as well as the mother tongue is essential to secure the future of British society.
      • In this scenario, your mastery of the English language will do you no good.
      • It is in the early years that languages can most easily be learned, and the mastery of a second language makes that of a third even easier.
      • As children gain mastery over language skills, they become more sophisticated in their conversational abilities.
      • As children gain mastery in real skills, they should take pride in their accomplishments.
      • The scene is significant because it points up the connection between mastery of language and mastery of social situation.
      • The primary focus of the sessions is to increase the mastery of the English language.
  • 2Control or superiority over someone or something.

    man's mastery over nature
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He is seated on a tiger skin, a symbol of power, showing his mastery over the animal world.
    • A discipline and some mastery over one's own mood are indispensable.
    • The calmness combined with the mask's ability gave him an unprecedented level of power and mastery over the stones.
    • Every inhabitant of the city, however great or humble, seeks to achieve some measure of mastery over it.
    • The third section tells how one gains mastery over natural forces through thought control.
    • Achieve mastery over your body by identifying with your soul.
    • Only one other of his bloodline had ever tried to gain mastery over the artifact, and had been condemned for his impertinence.
    • The reason, argue two recent books, is that the developed world's technical mastery over water has led to a false sense of security.
    • The practice of Yoga is more or less physical in nature, through chanting, breathing and other exercises one tries to achieve physical mastery over the body.
    • He sat in silence while the soldiers enjoyed themselves; he had enough mastery over himself to not act rashly.
    • Those are the people that want to control you and have mastery over the way that you think.
    • The development of agriculture allowed for our increasing mastery over nature.
    • It's a humbling thought that we may have mastery over the land, but the majority of the Earth is a realm where no human can tread…
    • Thus, these are terms applied to the geographic extent of achieving zero incidence, not to the degree of our mastery over the pathogen.
    • He wanted obedience and he wanted mastery over the boy.
    • But on the whole, in the ancient world, mastery over nature was not a plausible goal of inquiry.
    • The pioneer legend had asserted human mastery over nature; ‘wilderness’ asserted the moral claim of nature over humans.
    • The excitement comes from its depiction of mastery over the void, made possible by the invention of a new skin - the space suit.
    • And the free market is a useful servant, but when it claims total mastery over human life, we know what the consequences are.
    • Narcissism and narcissistic identification both involve phantasies of power, omnipotence, mastery and control.
    Synonyms
    control, superiority, domination, command, ascendancy, supremacy, pre-eminence, triumph, victory, the upper hand, the whip hand, rule, government, power, sway, authority, jurisdiction, dominion, sovereignty

Origin

Middle English: from Old French maistrie, from maistre ‘master’.

 
 
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