| 单词 | proficiency |
| 释义 | proficiency (once / 3108 pages) n If you have proficiency with something, you are pretty good at it. If you have proficiency with Spanish, you can understand and communicate well in that language. Proficiency, pronounced "pro-FISH-en-cee," comes from the Latin word proficere, meaning "accomplish, make progress, be useful." If you have achieved proficiency is something, you have done well at gaining a skill. However, having proficiency doesn't make you an expert. Still, proficiency is something to be proud of — it means you have worked hard, and if you keep going, you probably will become an expert. WORD FAMILYproficiency: proficiencies+/proficient: proficiency, proficiently USAGE EXAMPLESThe project also seeks to correlate those outcomes with 123 social and economic factors such as government spending, proficiency in reading and rates of incarceration. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) California began awarding high school graduates who demonstrate proficiency in another language the state seal in 2012. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) Rather than tell barefaced lies, Moscow should perhaps boast – and warn the world – of its new-found proficiency. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) 1n the quality of having great facility and competence Hyper competence, competency the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually 2n skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity practice greatly improves proficiency Syn|Hypo|Hyper technique brushwork an artist's distinctive technique of applying paint with a brush musketrythe technique of using small arms (especially in battle) skillfulness the state of being cognitively skillful |
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