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competent

adjective
 
🔊/ˈkɒmpɪtənt/
🔊/ˈkɑːmpɪtənt/
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  1.  
    having enough skill or knowledge to do something well or to the necessary standard足以胜任的；有能力的；称职的
    • He's very competent in his work.他工作十分称职。🔊🔊
    • competent to do something Make sure the firm is competent to carry out the work.要确保这家公司有能力完成这项工作。🔊🔊
    • I don’t feel competent to comment.我没有能力发表评论。
    • competent at something She is highly competent at her job.她的工作能力很强。
    opposite incompetent
    Extra Examples
    • He was not considered competent to teach seven-year-olds.他被认为没有能力教 7 岁的孩子。
    • She is competent in five languages.她掌握 5 门外语。
    • She was mentally competent and she had the capacity to decide for herself.她当时心智健全，有能力自己作出决定。
    • a small number of highly competent officials少数非常称职的官员
    • mentally competent to stand trial心智健全具备受审能力
    • She's now a highly confident and competent teacher.她现在是一位非常自信和称职的老师。
    • You should keep practising until you're fully competent.您应该继续练习，直到完全有能力为止。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
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  2.  
    of a good standard but not very good合格的；不错的；尚好的
    • Ron was a competent player—more than that, he was good!罗恩是一个合格的选手－不仅如此，他还很棒！
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    preposition
    • in
    See full entry
  3. having the power to decide something有决定权的
    • The case was referred to a competent authority.事情已交给有关当局处理。🔊🔊
    4. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘suitable, adequate’): from Latin competent-, from the verb competere in its earlier sense ‘be fit or proper’, from com- ‘together’ + petere ‘aim at, seek’.