comprehensive knowledge or skill in a subject or accomplishment 精通,熟练 she played with some mastery. 她弹得颇为熟练。 ■the action or process of mastering a subject or accomplishment 掌握 a child's mastery of language. 小孩对语言的掌握。
control or superiority over someone or something 控制,统治 man's mastery over nature. 人对自然的控制。
语源
Middle English: from Old French maistrie, from maistre 'master'