(1)天才(賦);才能(natural or acquired ability，especially of superior quality)[C，U]：possess (have) a remarkable (great/special)～for music/drawing/making speeches/singing/making friends/making trouble 具有(有)出眾(偉大/特別)的音樂(lè)天賦/繪畫天才/演講才能/唱歌天才/交朋友的才能/搗亂的本事;Her～s are well known. 她的才華是眾所周知的。He is a man with many～s. 他是一個(gè)很有天賦的人。a painter of great～一個(gè)偉大的天才畫家;a little～一點(diǎn)才能;no～for expressing 無(wú)表達(dá)才能;Everyone has his own～. 每個(gè)人都有各自的天賦?！纪絞ift，genius;
(2)人才，有才能的人(person with such ability)[U]：plenty of/great～大量的/偉大的天才;a lack of commercial/literary/local～缺乏商業(yè)/文學(xué)/地方演藝人才;new/fresh～新的人才;an exhibition of local～地方人才作品展;The company makes good use of～. 該公司充分利用有才能的人。a television～show 電視才藝表演;
(3)塔蘭特(古代某些國(guó)家使用的重量或貨幣單位)(ancient coin or measure of weight)[C]：50～s of silver 50 塔蘭特銀子;
→′talented adj 有才能的，有才氣的;′talentless adj 沒(méi)有天賦的;無(wú)才能的;′talent-scout n (為文娛行業(yè)、運(yùn)動(dòng)隊(duì)發(fā)掘人才的)星探;
【辨異】talent 與ability、capacity、faculty和genius的區(qū)別見(jiàn)ABILITY。