Prodigy

(noun.) an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality; 'the Marines are expected to perform prodigies of valor'.

(noun.) an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration; 'she is a chess prodigy'.

埃斯特拉编辑

• It was all as simple and easy to learn and understand to Dur醤 as chess to a child chess prodigy. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Amelia was bewildered by his phrases, but thought him a prodigy of learning. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The Infant Prodigy performed wonders. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Carlo was a prodigy of learning for his age. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• On this occasion Mr Barnacle was not engaged, as he had been before, with the noble prodigy at the head of the Department; but was absent. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• I hope you will be pleased with my son; but you must not expect a prodigy. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• He is generally thought a fine young man, but do not expect a prodigy. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• But compared with Dur醤 you were like a good sound chess player against a boy prodigy. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Undoubtedly in the days to come Edison will not only be recognized as an intellectual prodigy, but as a prodigy of industry--of hard work. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• A reg'lar prodigy son! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• His regiment had performed prodigies of courage, and had withstood for a while the onset of the whole French army. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• In her eyes, we were a pair of glacial prodigies, coldproud, and preternatural. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.

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