[mass noun]the ability to do something successfully or efficiently 能力;胜任,称职 courses to improve the competence of staff. 改进工作人员能力的课程。 the players displayed varying degrees of competence. 运动员们显示了不同程度的能力。 ■the scope of a person or group's knowledge or ability 知识(或能力)范围 the music is within the competence of an average choir. 这首乐曲是普通的唱诗班可以胜任的。 ■[count noun]a skill or ability 技能,技巧;能力 ■the legal authority of a court or other body to deal with a particular matter 权限,管辖权 the court's competence has been accepted to cover these matters. 该法院的权限已被公认包括这些事务。 ■(亦作 linguistic 或 language competence)(Linguistics)a person's subconscious knowledge of the rules governing the formation of speech in their first language (语言学)语言能力。 常与 performance 相对 ■(Biology & Medicine)effective performance of the normal function (生,医)感受态,反应能力,胜利性,感应性
(dated)an income large enough to live on, typically unearned (旧)足以谋生的收入(尤指非劳动所得) he found himself with an ample competence and no obligations. 他发现自己有一笔足以过舒适生活的收入并且没有债务。