past master

英 [ˌpɑːst ˈmɑːstə(r)]

美 [ˌpæst ˈmæstər]

n.  老手; 内行; 专家

牛津词典

noun

• 老手；内行；专家
  a person who is very good at sth because they have a lot of experience in it
  1. She's a past master at getting what she wants.
     她可是个精明的人，想要什么就能得到什么。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 能手；老手；行家
  If you are apast master atsomething, you are very skilful at it because you have had a lot of experience doing it.
  1. He was a past-master at manipulating the media for his own ends...
     他是操纵媒体为自己服务的老手。
  2. She is an adept rock-climber and a past master of the assault course.
     她擅长攀岩，是野战训练场上的老手。

英英释义

noun

• someone who has long and thorough experience in a given activity
• someone who was formerly a master

双语例句

• It is the summary of the past, the master of the current, and the choice of the future. 3.
  是对历史的总结、当前的把握、未来的选择。
• He is a past master at bridge.
  他可是个桥牌高手。
• Henry is a past master at bridge.
  亨利是打桥牌的高手。
• Li of elegant green mountain water peace grain living is burning a group of the world or circle of wushu past master.
  我来翻译山青水秀的和平谷里住着一群武林高手。
• Yingying is that the Tibet antelope, his skill are agile, five rings being a track and field past master, representing Olympics are hit by one ring of yellow.
  妮妮是京燕，欢快矫捷的妮妮将在体操比赛中闪亮登场，她代表奥林匹克五环中绿色的一环。
• At this the gatekeeper opened his eyes very wide, and ran to the king and said: "There's a young donkey sitting outside the gate, playing the lute like a past master."
  守门人吃惊地瞪大了眼睛，跑到国王那儿，报告说：“门外坐着一头小驴儿，琵琶弹得像音乐家一样好听。”
• All above content bothers past master to translate the once, burning-hot sweet potato.
  以上内容麻烦高手翻译一下，烫手山芋。
• In the past two years, the pla's mobile post-doctoral stations and doctor's or master's degree authorization centers have increased by large margins, the academic degree authorization system has been improved gradually, and the training scale has been enlarged substantially.
  近两年来，全军博士后流动站和博士、硕士学位授权点有了大幅度增加，学位授权体系逐步完善，培养规模有了较大增长。
• On the Past and the Future of the California Master Plan for Higher Education
  美国加州高等教育总规划的过去与未来&约翰·阿布雷·道格拉斯博士访谈录
• She is an adept rock-climber and a past master of the assault course.
  她擅长攀岩，是野战训练场上的老手。