Adroit

(adj.) quick or skillful or adept in action or thought; 'an exceptionally adroit pianist'; 'an adroit technician'; 'his adroit replies to hecklers won him many followers'; 'an adroit negotiator' .

昌西整理

• This adroit question touched the heart of Miss Jane Osborne not a little. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I suspect you of being an adroit flatterer, said Rosamond, feeling sure that she should have to reject this young gentleman a second time. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• A few adroit words, one or two knowing tender glances of the eyes, and his heart was inflamed again and his doubts and suspicions forgotten. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Rawdon, with roars of laughter, related a dozen amusing anecdotes of his duns, and Rebecca's adroit treatment of them. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• A mathematician and experimenter himself, he had a genius for eliciting discussion and research by means o f adroit questions. 李贝. 西洋科学史.

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