【绝望的主妇】“那次手术使他的手恢复了一些灵活度。”

英语老师瑶瑶

【句子】Her first piano teacher praised her dexterity. 【Desperate Housewives S2E8】

【发音】/hɜː(r)/ /ˈfɜː(r)st/ /piˈæn.əʊ/ /ˈtiː.tʃə(r)/ /preɪzd/ /hɜː(r)/ /dekˈster.ə.ti/

【发音技巧】first piano失去爆破；praised her击穿；dexterity闪音；

【翻译】她的第一位钢琴老师称赞过她技艺娴熟。

【适用场合】

今天节目中我们一起来学习一下这个单词，dexterity，它可以理解成：“娴熟；灵巧；敏捷”这样的意思；

the ability to perform a difficult action quickly and skilfully with the hands

eg: He caught the ball with great dexterity.

他非常灵巧地接住了那个球。

eg: Young children lack the dexterity to brush their teeth effectively.

幼儿们缺乏有效刷牙的敏捷。

eg: The operation revived some of his hand dexterity.

那次手术使他的手恢复了一些灵活度。

eg: You need manual dexterity to be good at video games.

要想电子游戏玩得好，手要很灵活。

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He answered the journalists' questions with all the dexterity of a politician.