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

• Henry is a past master at bridge.
  亨利是打桥牌的高手。
• I have been able, for these past two years, to deliver only half my load because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your master's house.
  为这两年来只能让你挑回一半的水。因为我身上的这个裂缝，每次你回雇主家的路上，水都在漏，到家时就只剩下半罐了。
• I just like to take this opportunity now to past on the Premier's best wishes to you, Master Wang, and to your followers.
  我只想借此机会，现在向您，王师尊和您的信仰者传上州长的最美好的祝福。
• He is a past master at bridge.
  他可是个桥牌高手。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。”
• 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。
• Postgraduate with major degree is one important part of postgraduate education, but in the past years, paying attention to management, looking down upon training, paying attention to mode, looking down upon quality were usual in the period of engineering Master training.
  专业学位研究生是研究生教育中重要的一方面，而在以往的工程硕士的培养过程中，经常会发生重管理、轻培养，重形式、轻质量的倾向。
• 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