flair


n. 天资;天分;资质;鉴别力

n. 人名;(法)弗莱尔

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中文词源

flair 天资,天赋

来自拉丁语fragrare, 释放气味,闻,词源同fragrant. 字母l和r异化。原指猎狗的灵敏的嗅觉,后形容人的特殊能力,天资。

英文词源

flair (n.)
mid-14c., "an odor," from Old French flaire "odor or scent," especially in hunting, "fragrance, sense of smell," from flairier "to give off an odor; stink; smell sweetly" (Modern French flairer), from Vulgar Latin *flagrare, dissimilated from Latin fragrare "emit (a sweet) odor" (see fragrant). Sense of "special aptitude" is American English, 1925, probably from hunting and the notion of a hound's ability to track scent.

中文解释

1. 飞在边缘是小鸟(fledge => fledgling),飞入湖中是雪花(flake), 飞在空中是本能(flair),飞来的姑姑在炫耀(flaunt).2. 飞在空中.3. Flair-→fl→(fly飞)+air(天空)→fly in the air→天高任鸟飞(鸟在此指有天赋者)  n.天赋,眼光

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1. Campese was his usual mixture of flamboyance and flair.
坎佩塞和平常一样穿着时尚新潮。
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2. Their work has all the usual punch, panache and flair you'dexpect.
他们的作品一如既往地引人入胜、气韵潇洒、新颖别致,不会让你失望。
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3. He was a born mechanic with a flair for design.
他生来就是个有设计天赋的机械师。
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4. Democracy and entrepreneurial flair often sit uneasily together.
民主与创业才干常常不能融洽地并存。
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5. He has a flair for languages.
他有学语言的天分。
来自《权威词典》

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