a person who has a comprehensive and authoritative knowledge of or skill in a particular area 专家;行家;高手 an expert in health care. 保健专家。 a financial expert. 金融专家。
adjective
having or involving such knowledge or skill 内行的;专家的 he had received expert academic advice. 他得到了专家学术上的指导。 an expert witness. 专家证人。
派生 expertly adverb expertness noun 语源
Middle English (as an adjective): from French, from Latin expertus, past participle of experiri 'try'. The noun use dates from the early 19th cent. Compare with experience and experiment