aptitude

aptitude
noun
  1. a natural ability to do something
    天资,才能
    he had a remarkable aptitude for learning words.
    他在学单词方面有惊人天资。
    [mass noun]the staff show aptitude for managerial responsibility.
    工作班子显示了管理工作上的能力。
    ■a natural tendency
    自然的倾向,习性
    his natural aptitude for failure.
    他成事不足、败事有余的习性。
语源
  1. late Middle English : via Old French from late Latin aptitudo, from aptus (see apt)
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