fluency

noun
🔊/ˈfluːənsi/
🔊/ˈfluːənsi/
[uncountable, singular]
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  1. the quality of being able to speak or write a language, especially a foreign language, easily and well(尤指外语)流利,流畅
    • Fluency in French is required for this job.这个工作要求法语熟练自如。🔊🔊
    • to build up a fluency in written and spoken English建立流利的英语读写能力
    • Some young children achieve great fluency in their reading.一些孩子小小年纪阅读已经非常流畅。
    Topics Languageb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • oral
    • verbal
    • reading
    verb + fluency
    • achieve
    • acquire
    • develop
    preposition
    • fluency  in
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  2. the quality of doing something in a way that is smooth and shows skill熟练自如;流畅
    • The team lacked fluency during the first half.该队在上半场打得不够流畅。🔊🔊
  3. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin fluentia, from fluere ‘to flow’.