adept

adj.精通的

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
adept (noun)
a highly or well-trained individual - skilled expert an adept at chess
adept (adjective)
thoroughly - proficient expert adept at fixing cars proficient
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
adept (adjective)
having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor
SYNONYMS:
accomplished, ace, adept, compleat, complete, consummate, crack, crackerjack, educated, experienced, expert, good, great, master, masterful, masterly, practiced ( practised), professed, skilled, skillful, versed, veteran, virtuoso
RELATED WORDS:
adroit, clever, deft, dexterous ( dextrous), handy, slick, sure-handed; gifted, talented; polished, refined; effective, effectual, efficient, workmanlike; able, capable, competent, employable, fit, fitted, habile, qualified; educated, knowledgeable, schooled, taught, trained, tutored; all-around ( all-round), well-rounded; long-term, old; multiskilled, multitalented
NEAR ANTONYMS:
incapable, incompetent, inept, unable, unfit, unfitted, unqualified, weak; artless, crude, rude; ineffective, ineffectual, inefficient; talentless, ungifted, untalented; ignorant, unschooled, untaught, untrained, untutored; beginning, green, inexperienced, new, raw, unseasoned, untested, untried, would-be; primitive, rough, unpolished; awkward, clumsy, ham-fisted, ham-handed, heavy-handed
amateur, amateurish, inexperienced, inexpert, jackleg, unprofessional, unseasoned, unskilled, unskillful
adept (noun)
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field
SYNONYMS:
ace, adept, artist, authority, cognoscente, connoisseur, crackerjack ( crackajack), dab, dab hand, fiend, geek, guru, hand, hotshot, maestro, master, maven ( mavin), meister, past master, proficient, scholar, shark, sharp, virtuoso, whiz, wizard
RELATED WORDS:
pro, professional; consultant, hired gun, specialist; addict, aficionado ( afficionado), buff, devotee, enthusiast, fan; craftsman, journeyman; all-rounder [], jack-of-all-trades, Renaissance man; mistress
NEAR ANTONYMS:
apprentice, beginner, neophyte, novice; dabbler, dilettante; layman, nonprofessional
amateur, inexpert, nonexpert
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