competent

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.
    — He is a competent skier and an expert snowboarder.
  2. Having jurisdiction or authority over a particular issue or question.
    — For any disagreements arising from this contract, the competent court shall be the Springfield Circuit Court.
  3. Adequate for the purpose.
    — For if they [birds] had been Viviparous, the burthen of their womb, if they had brought forth any competent number at a time, had been ſo big and heavy, that their wings would have failed them, and ſo every body would have had the wit to catch the Old one.
  4. Functionally in order; functioning adequately.
    — a competent sphincter;   a competent cervix;   a competent immune system
  5. Permeable to foreign DNA.
  6. Resistant to deformation or flow.

词形变化

more competent comparative most competent superlative

词源

From Middle English competent, conpetent, from Old French competent (modern French compétent), from Latin competens, competentem, present participle of competō (“coincide, be equal to, be capable of”). Compare Dutch competent (“competent”), German kompetent (“competent”), Danish kompetent (“competent”).
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