1650s, "dexterous," originally "rightly," from French adroit, from phrase à droit "according to right," from Old French à "to" (see ad-) + droit "right," from Late Latin directum "right, justice," accusative of Latin directus "straight" (see direct (v.)). Related: Adroitly; adroitness.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Jamie was adroit at flattering others.
杰米很會(huì)拍馬屁.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
2. She is a remarkably adroit and determined politician.
她是一位異常精明果斷的政治家。
來(lái)自辭典例句
3. He was an adroit courtier.
他是一個(gè)圓滑的朝臣.
來(lái)自辭典例句
4. Asking one adroit question after another, Rhoda soon drew out the key facts about him.