The skilful Italians soon thwarted any hope of English victory.

球技高超的意大利队员很快就彻底击败了英格兰队。

Its demonstrations are quiet, and yet its plans are skilful and effective.

繟然而善谋。

“Gold”, Chris Cleave's third novel, is a skilful demonstration of the form.

《赤子之心》——克里夫的第三本小说，正是这种叙述方式的巧妙呈现。

Young speedily proved himself to be a skilful administrator as well as a resolute chief.

有久，事实就证明了：杨不但是一个处事果断的领袖，而且还是一个干练的行政官。

“It is going to need some skilful diplomacy to maintain this relationship, ” admits Mr Martin.

马丁承认，“维护英两国的关系需要高超的外交手段。”

The weaker, less skilful presenter beats the stronger, more skilful presenter by getting more lines to stay in the script.

能力较弱、水平较低的主播打败了能力较强、水平更高的主播——剧本里他的词更。

A skilful interrogator, Vladimir Sorokin found and enlarged the “chink” in his victim's soul: patriotism.

弗拉基米尔•索罗金深谙审讯之道，他在手这位受害者的灵魂之察觉到了一个致命的软肋，并且将其放大：爱国主义。

Many of the author's skilful new translations of the odes touch on wine, its creation and consumption.

作者对颂歌许高超的新译都提及到酒、酒的发明和消费。

However, we still must be aware of the skilful methods used in ads to try and sell us things.

但是，我们还得了解所使用的一些微妙的方法。

He was a man of a practical turn of mind, keen in his dealings and skilful with his hands.

费瑞厄是一个重视实际的人，为人处世精明，长于技。

And to his fans Manna-da seemed to play barefoot—agile, skilful and deadly on the free kicks—all through his career.

但是曼纳好几个队友一场比赛下来还是得了冻疮，曼纳的球迷普遍认为他一生都是赤脚踢球的，而他的任意球更是灵活熟练，足以给对手致命一击。

It involves a man who's a sculptor and who, through his skilful work, hopes to find the perfect woman.

故事的主人公是一个雕塑家，他希望通过他的熟练手法塑造出一个完美的女性。

After a few years, he became very skilful at drawing.

【skilful，skilfully】几年以后，他在绘画方面技纯熟。

She is a bold and skilful fisher, and neither needs nor would care for the waving wheat or the sweet ripe berry.

它是勇敢的并且擅长捕鱼，因此它既不需要也不在乎摇曳的小麦和甜美的熟野果。”

I see. So a giant-killing describes a situation when a weaker or less skilful person or team beats a stronger or more skilful opponent.

明白了，所以" giant-killing" 可以用来描述比赛较弱的选手或队伍击败比自己水平好很的强大对手。

The skilful masters (of the Tao) in old times, with a subtle and exquisite penetration, comprehended its mysteries, and were deep (also) so as to elude men's knowledge.

古之善为士者，微妙玄通，深不可识。

The giant is the team that is usually stronger, more powerful or skilful than the other team – and the killing happens when the weaker or less skilful team beats them.

这个" 巨人" 一般是指比较厉害、强大或者技术比较好的队伍——" 反杀" 是指比较弱或者技术较差的一队打败了强队。

The elephant, thanks to the skilful guidance of the Parsee, was advancing rapidly through the still darksome forest, and, an hour after leaving the pagoda, had crossed a vast plain.

大象平安无事地顺从着帕西向导的驾驭，在阴暗的森林飞快奔驰。离开庇拉吉庙一小时以后，它已经穿过了一片阔的平原。

How he was going to form the sheet-which is a very skilful matter in itself-how he was then going to decorate it, and how the whole thing would be brought together to make the cape.

如何将黄金打薄成片，这本身就需要技巧，此外还得考虑如何装饰，如何把所有东西组合成披肩。

This is The English We Speak from BBC Learning English and we're hearing about the sporting expression 'giant-killing' – that's when a strong or skilful player or team is beaten by a less strong opponent.

这里是BBC地道英语，我们学习的表达是体育比赛常用的" giant-killing" ——较弱的选手或队伍击败了强大的对手。