prowess
英['praʊɪs]
美['praʊəs]
助记提示
1. proud => prowess.
2. proud => pride, prowess.中文词源
prowess 非凡的技能，造诣来自prow,勇敢的，-ess,名词后缀。引申词义非凡的技能，造诣。
英文词源
- prowess
- prowess: see proud
- prowess (n.)
- late 13c., prouesse, from Old French proece "prowess, courage, brave deed" (Modern French prouesse), from prou, later variant of prud "brave, valiant," from Vulgar Latin *prodem (source also of Spanish proeza, Italian prodezza; see proud). Prow was in Middle English as a noun meaning "advantage, profit," also as a related adjective ("valiant, brave"), but it has become obsolete. "In 15-17th c. often a monosyllable" [OED].
双语例句
- 1. The best and the brightest pupils competed to demonstrate their intellectual prowess.
- 最出色、最聪明的学生们竞相展示他们的才智。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He was famous for his prowess as an athlete.
- 他作为一名运动员以技艺高超而著称.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. He's always bragging about his prowess as a cricketer.
- 他总是吹嘘自己板球水平高超。
来自辞典例句
- 4. Hurry had a respectable reputation for prowess among his associates.
- 赫利在和他相识的人中,素有勇敢豪侠的名声.
来自辞典例句
- 5. We had to admire his prowess as an oarsman / his rowing prowess.
- 我们不能不佩服他那了不起的划桨本领.
来自辞典例句