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Two connected meanings. The first is the plain one: magic — the kind of power a wizard has in a story. The second is the one you will actually meet more often, and it is a compliment: skill so good that it looks impossible.
Two connected meanings有兩個相關的意思;the first第一個 is the plain one意思很直白: magic就是魔法——the kind of power a wizard has in a story故事裡巫師擁有的那種力量;the second第二個 is the one you will actually meet more often才是你實際上比較常遇到的,and而且 it is a compliment這是一種稱讚:skill so good that it looks impossible厲害到看起來不可能做到的技術。
When someone fixes in ten minutes a problem you spent a week on, you call it wizardry. It is used constantly about technology ("digital wizardry", "software wizardry"), about sport ("his wizardry with the ball"), about cooking, about money, about anything where someone does something you cannot follow. Notice the feeling inside the word: it is , but it also says "I don't understand how you did that".
When當 someone fixes in ten minutes a problem you spent a week on有人十分鐘就解決了你花一週都解決不了的問題,you call it wizardry你就會說這是wizardry;it is used constantly about technology這個字常用在科技上("digital wizardry"「數位神技」、"software wizardry"「軟體神技」)、about sport用在運動上("his wizardry with the ball"「他的球技神乎其技」)、about cooking用在做菜、about money用在理財、about anything where someone does something you cannot follow用在任何你看不懂別人怎麼做到的事情上;notice你注意 the feeling inside the word這個字裡的情緒:it is admiring它是欽佩的,but但 it also says但也在說「I don't understand how you did that我不懂你是怎麼做到的」。
That mystery is the point. If you can explain how it was done, it is skill; if you cannot, people reach for wizardry. It is uncountable — you say "some wizardry", "a piece of wizardry", never "a wizardry" or "wizardries".
That mystery那種神秘感 is the point才是重點;if如果 you can explain how it was done你能解釋是怎麼做到的,it is skill那就是技術;if如果 you cannot你解釋不出來,people reach for wizardry人們就會用wizardry這個字;it is uncountable它是不可數名詞——you say你會說 "some wizardry"「some wizardry」、"a piece of wizardry"「a piece of wizardry」,never而不會說 "a wizardry" or "wizardries"「a wizardry」或「wizardries」。
It is a warm, slightly playful word, common in news writing, sports commentary, and reviews. It is not formal, but it is not slang either.
It is a warm, slightly playful word這是一個溫暖、帶點俏皮的字,common常見於 in news writing, sports commentary, and reviews新聞寫作、體育評論和評論文章裡;it is not formal它不算正式,but但 it is not slang either也不是俚語。
組成wizard + -ry. The ending -ry names a practice or a body of skill, as in cookery, jewellery, and chemistry. Wizard itself comes from wise plus an ending — a wizard was originally simply "a wise one".
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
wizardrynoun/ˈwɪzədɹi/
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The art of a wizard; sorcery.
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Something, such as an advanced technology, that gives the appearance of magic.
- Filled up the Ashton with Capstan and had a totally British drive home. Thanks to the wizardry of Ashton and Imperial Tobacco, that first smoke in a new pipe was sweet as a nut.
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Great ability in some specified field.
- He used his computing wizardry to automate the search-and-replace process.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。