能耐

• He must be a powerful man, i thought, not a clown at all .
  我心里想着，他准是个很有能耐的人，决不是个大老粗。
• He may well have recalled with apprehension her ancient faculty of silence .
  他想起她以前那种沉默的能耐，心里不觉恐慌起来。
• He's fished since he was a little boy but i didn't know he could fish this well .
  他打小就抓鱼，我还不知道他竟有这么大的能耐。
• Before you think of marrying you'd best see if you can make a decent living .
  你最好先想想有没有能耐体面地谋生，然后再考虑结婚的事。
• Mr. bell was famous in the university for his learning and skill as a tutor .
  贝尔先生的学问和当辅导员老师的能耐，在学校里是众所周知的。
• "if that brother of yours was worth his salt, he could take the wagon," he snorted .
  “要是你那个弟弟真有能耐，他可以接手驾大车”他哼着说。
• If you were really on the ball, you would ask the customer for the names and phone numbers of his friends .
  如果你有能耐，就请顾客告诉你他的朋友的姓名和电话号码。
• The lucky thing was that he knew that britten had done all his tricks at once, had shot his bolt .
  幸运的是，他知道布列顿已经一次耍完他的全套花招，使出了他的全部能耐。
• Once we have done that, louisiand and colorado can go to hell. they'll be powerless to destroy us .
  一旦这件事办到了，路易斯安那和科罗拉多就马上见鬼去吧，再没能耐来压垮我们了。
• Even with such handicaps he could be relied on to run the most prosperous enterprise into the ground .
  不过，尽管有种种不利条件，人们还是认为他有能耐把最兴旺的企业办得一败涂地。