talent

talent
noun
  1. [mass noun]natural aptitude or skill
    天赋
    he possesses more talent than any other player.
    他比别的选手都更有天赋。
    [count noun]she displayed a talent for garden design.
    她对园艺设计很有天赋。
    ■people possessing such aptitude or skill
    有天赋的人
    I signed all the talent in Rome.
    我记下了罗马所有的天才。
    [count noun]Simon is a talent to watch.
    西蒙是个善于观察的人。
    ■(informal)people regarded as sexually attractive or as prospective sexual partners
    (非正式)性感的人;可能成为性伙伴的人
    most Saturday nights I have this urge to go on the hunt for new talent.
    绝大多数周六晚上我都有这种想要猎取新的性伙伴的冲动。
  2. a former weight and unit of currency, used especially by the ancient Romans and Greeks
    (尤指古罗马人和古希腊人使用的重量和货币单位)塔兰特
派生
talentless
adjective
语源
  1. Old English talente, talentan (as a unit of weight), from Latin talenta, plural of talentum 'weight, sum of money', from Greek talanton. Sense 1 is a figurative use with biblical allusion to the parable of the talents (Matt. 25:14–30)
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