Skip to main content

aptitude

/ap-ti-tood, -tyood/US // ˈæp tɪˌtud, -ˌtyud //UK // (ˈæptɪˌtjuːd) //

性向,材性,资质,能力

Related Words

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : capability; ability; innate or acquired capacity for something; talent: She has a special aptitude for mathematics.
    • : readiness or quickness in learning; intelligence: He was placed in honors classes because of his general aptitude.
    • : the state or quality of being apt; special fitness.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • His uniquely broad aptitude allows him not only to overpower smaller defenders who switch, but also to prey on an opponent who’s been pressed into an uncomfortable rotation.

  • As discussed, having the right technology is important, but it is only as effective as having employees with the aptitude to use it efficiently and effectively.

  • It’s best when it is individualized, with progress based on a student’s personal aptitude and proficiency as they move toward mastering the material.

  • If you sit down with pencil, paper, and enough of an aptitude for orbital dynamics you’ll soon discover that the easiest, most efficient trajectories to take us from Earth to a place like Mars involve great elliptical arcs around the sun.

  • An aptitude for mentally stringing together related items, often cited as a hallmark of human language, may have deep roots in primate evolution, a new study suggests.

  • Sure, they correlate with wealth, he opines, but perhaps aptitude does, as well.

  • Not quite saying what academic aptitude is, he is sure Harvard should emphasize it to create a “true meritocracy.”

  • If we just focused on academic aptitude, he suggests, the professors would be well-served.

  • Worry about academic aptitude, he suggests, and the soul will take care of itself.

  • Nonetheless, that “inward sweetness” awakened the future preacher to a rather uncommon youthful aptitude for holiness.

  • Whether this aptitude was combined with the sinuous cunning that is essentially Oriental Nigel did not know.

  • She was fascinated by this aptitude, but presently she was still more fascinated by the subtle use that he was making of it.

  • Sarah was intelligent and well trained; she inherited all her mother's aptitude for rule and order.

  • I know of no other private enterprise that so truly represents the skill, aptitude, and energy of American genius.

  • But, on the other hand, it demands aptitude in writing for the orchestra and appropriately solid material.