To be skillful is to have " dexterity" .

熟练就是“巧 ”（源于拉丁语）。

They advanced rapidly and noiselessly, with the confidence and dexterity of practised scouts.

他们迅速无声地悄悄前进，显出久经锻炼斥候那种沉着和矫捷动作。

So for that, we trained monkeys to perform a manual dexterity task.

为了证明这一点，我们训练猴子 完成一些有关肢体敏捷性任务。

His dexterity, strength and passion on the instrument won him fans beyond his genre.

他弹吉他敏、力度和热情为他赢得了不同音乐流派粉丝。

We have a sense that this animal could really move around with a fair amount of dexterity.

我们感觉这种恐龙能够异常敏捷地移动。

And my point is, I'm celibate, and knitting is good for surgical dexterity, so I'm making a sweater.

我意思是，我在禁欲，而编织能让我做手术候变得巧，所以我在织毛衣。

Lily doesn't have the dexterity for that, Claire!

莉莉小手还没法玩手机呢 克莱尔！

Her first piano teacher praised her dexterity.

她第一个钢琴老师赞扬她手指巧。

I doubt it, Mr. Land. Nevertheless, I'm counting on your dexterity to catch me one of these delightful representatives of tropical nature!

我想不是，尼德·兰师傅。不过我要靠您好手段，把这种热带出产最美丽可爱西打下一只来！

The video which started as a way to remind people to lock their cars has gone viral, thanks to the dexterity of the dog.

这个为了体型关车门视频因为这条敏捷狗狗而走红。

We're looking for a killer who can climb, who can shin up a rope. Where else would you find that level of dexterity?

那个凶手能够飞檐走壁攀爬绳索。除了马戏团哪去找这么活人？

So that kind of led to this question: How are we able to perform this seemingly extraordinary feat of acrobatics and human dexterity?

于是，这就引出了这样一个问题：我们如何才能展现出这看似非凡杂技技艺与人类巧呢？

To sculpt him marble, you need the strength of an athlete and the dexterity of a surgeon, any slip-up can destroy years of work.

要把他雕刻成大理石雕像，你需要运动员力量和外科医生巧，任何失误都可能毁掉多年工作。

His joke hinges not just on Jews' fondness for humor, but also on Jewish verbal dexterity, competitiveness and anxiety over social status.

他玩笑不拘泥于犹太式幽默，更有犹太人巧舌如簧，和在社会地位上犹太人竞争力与焦虑感。

It's flexible, with an enlarged wrist bone which allows it to grasp and manoeuvre the bamboo with a dexterity and precision that a monkey would be proud of.

它活且腕骨较大，所以它们能以连猴子都会自豪敏度和精准度来抓紧和操纵竹子。

Armed with bows, arrows, and shields, nearly all of them carried from their shoulders a sort of net, which held those polished stones their slings hurl with such dexterity.

差不多全体上人都带了弓、箭和盾，肩上背着象网一类西，网中装满他们能巧妙地用投石机投出来溜圆石块。

Then, steering his Nautilus with consummate dexterity, he skillfully dodged the masses of ice, some of which measured several miles in length, their heights varying from seventy to eighty meters.

他于是巧妙无比地指挥着他诺第留斯号，很便地躲开了那些大冰块冲击，有些冰块是长到几海里，高七十至八十米不等。

Sometimes an unpredictable irregularity in the seafloor would force the Nautilus to slow down, and then it would glide into the narrow channels between the hills with a cetacean's dexterity.

有，由于平原地面崎岖不平，使得诺第留斯号速度要缓慢些；它于是像鲸鱼类一样巧妙，溜进许多丘陵形成狭窄曲折水道里面去。

Masses of overhanging rock had to be gotten around. You slid on your knees, you crept on your belly. But helped by the Canadian's strength and Conseil's dexterity, we overcame every obstacle.

许多兀起悬挂大石要人绕路过去。我们跪下往前溜，我们附身爬着走。因为有康塞尔便捷和加拿大人帮助，——切阻碍都克服了。