skill
/skɪl/ (bre, ipa) · /skɪl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈskil/ (ame, mw)
skill — 名詞
- skillsingular
- skillsplural
1. A practical ability in a particular area that you build up by training, practisi
技能
經由訓練或經驗獲得的能力
A practical ability in a particular area that you build up by training, practising, or gaining repeated experience over time.
Talia's skill at negotiating contracts made her the best lawyer in the firm.
Talia 的談判技巧讓她成為事務所裡最優秀的律師。
skill at + gerund/noun for specific ability
The master carpenter passed his woodworking skills down to his granddaughter Lan.
那位老木匠將他的木工技術傳給孫女 Lan。
compound noun: woodworking skills
Reading is a skill that every young child needs to practise from an early age.
閱讀是每個孩子從小就需要練習的一項技能。
Yara took an online course to improve her basic data analysis skills.
Yara 上了一門線上課程來增進她的基礎數據分析技能。
With steady practice, Otis developed the skill to tune pianos by ear alone.
透過持續練習，Otis 培養出單靠聽覺來調音的技能。
- ability
Broader term; skill implies a learned, practised ability, while ability can be natural or general.
- expertise
Stronger and more formal; suggests deep, specialist knowledge gained over a long period.
- proficiency
Focuses on meeting a certain standard or level, often used in formal or assessment contexts.
- competence
Refers to being good enough to do something adequately, rather than excelling.
- incompetence
Lack of the necessary ability to perform a task.
文法句型
skill + at + noun/gerund
skill + in + noun/gerund
skill + to-infinitive
skill + that-clause
用法筆記
Can be either countable ('She has many useful skills') or uncountable ('He showed great skill at handling the situation'). The uncountable form emphasises general ability; the countable form refers to specific, identifiable abilities. Use 'at' or 'in' after the noun ('skill at cooking', 'skill in diplomacy'), not 'of'.
常見錯誤
skill — 動詞
- skillpresent simple I / you / we / they
- skills3rd person singular
- skilling-ing form
- skilledpast simple
1. To have an effect on the outcome of a situation; to be of importance in changing
起作用
對事物產生影響或效果
To have an effect on the outcome of a situation; to be of importance in changing or influencing something, usually used in negative constructions about effort that fails.
All of the prisoner's desperate pleas did not skill against the judge's final sentence.
那名囚犯的所有懇求都無法影響法官的最終判決。
archaic: not skill against [something/someone]
Zuri's careful arguments could not skill to persuade the stubborn committee members.
Zuri 謹慎提出的論證無法說服那些固執的委員會成員。
archaic: not skill to [verb]
It skills not how long you train if your form is fundamentally wrong from the start.
如果你的姿勢從一開始就完全錯誤，那麼練再久也沒用。
What skills it to own a library of books if you never open a single volume?
擁有一整間圖書館的藏書卻從不翻開任何一本，那又有什麼用呢？
- matter
Common modern equivalent; to be important or have significance.
- avail
Also somewhat formal/literary; to be of use or benefit.
- make a difference
Modern phrasal equivalent; to have an effect on a situation.
文法句型
not skill + against + noun
not skill + to-infinitive
用法筆記
This verb sense is archaic and extremely rare in modern English. It appears almost exclusively in historical or literary texts from earlier centuries. Learners should focus on the noun sense of 'skill'. The modern equivalent would be 'matter', 'avail', or 'make a difference'.