feats

IPA/fiːt/
KK[fˈits]IPA/fiːt/

feats — noun

  • featssingular
  • featsesplural

1. a difficult action or achievement that shows great skill, strength, bravery, or

1.名詞B2
釋義

a difficult action or achievement that shows great skill, strength, bravery, or cleverness

例句

Carlos trained for six months to finish the feat of running a marathon on crutches.

collocation: feat + of + [activity]

The engineer described the suspension bridge as a remarkable feat of modern design.

collocation: remarkable feat + of + [field]

同義詞
  • achievement

    more general; any positive result reached through effort

  • accomplishment

    similar weight to achievement, often with a sense of completion

  • exploit

    adds a note of daring or heroism, often in adventures or battles

  • masterstroke

    a single very clever action that turns a situation decisively

反義詞
  • failure

    opposite of a successful outcome

  • disaster

    something that goes badly wrong

文法句型

adjective + feat

feat + of + [quality/noun]

用法筆記

Feat is often used in the plural form feats, especially with modifiers such as remarkable, impressive, extraordinary, or amazing. The singular form is also correct and common. This is the only modern noun sense; historical adjective senses (meaning 'neat' or 'dexterous') are now archaic.

常見錯誤

I did a feat of finishing my report on time.
Finishing my report on time felt like quite a feat.
💡A feat implies something notably difficult, not a routine task.
He achieved many great feets.
He achieved many great feats.
💡The plural of feat is feats, not feets (do not follow the pattern of foot → feet).