(1) ①talent指某种特殊的(先天或习得的)才能、才干、天才，既可用作可数名词又可用作不可数名词。
- She has a talent for drawing.
她有绘画的天赋。 - He was considered to be a man of great talent/ with many talents .
他被认为是位很有天赋/多才多艺的人。
②talent也可指“有才能的人，人才”，为不可数名词。
- By the emigration of scientists, a considerable amount of talent is lost to his country each year.
随着科学家的向外移民，该国每年都流失大量人才。 - Here was a lack of local talent , so the club hired an actor from London to take the main part.
当地缺少人才，所以该俱乐部从伦敦聘请了一位演员来担任主角。
(2) gift可指“做某事的天才，禀赋”，通常指天生的才能，用作可数名词。
- To be able to paint so well is a real gift .
能画得这样好，真是天才。 - He has a gift for making people feel at home/for foreign languages/to write poems.
他有使人感到亲切的／学外语的／写诗的天赋。
(3) ①ability指“能力，智慧，才智”，尤其指心智方面的能力，用作此义时，通常作不可数名词。
- He was considered to be a person of great ability .
他被认为是很有能力的人。 - In that crisis, he had once more shown his ability to handle a delicate situation to the credit of his government and himself.
在那次危机中，他再次表现出处理复杂局面的能力，为他和他的政府赢得了荣誉。
②ability又作“才能，才干”解，指先天的能力，用作可数名词。
- He was considered to be a person of many abilities .
人们认为他很有才干。
(4) ①aptitude可作“资质，才能，天分，禀赋”解，这种才能可以是先天的，也可是习得的，通常为不可数名词，但有时可加不定冠词。
- He showed some/an aptitude for languages (in/for learning languages).
他在学习语言方面表现出了天分。
②aptitude还可作“某种才能”解，用作可数名词。
- He has a singular aptitude for dealing with a crisis.
他有一种处理危机的奇才。
(5) competence意为“称职，胜任，能力”，是不可数名词。
- She has unequalled competence in handling/to handle money.
在理财方面，她的能力无人能比。 - She was hired because of her outstanding competence as a secretary.
她之所以受雇是因为她具有作为一位秘书的非凡能力。
(6) ①capacity用于人时，作“能力，力量”解，尤指一个人的学习、理解能力。用作不可数名词，但有时可加不定冠词。
- I think he is a man of immense capacity .
我认为他是一个有超强能力的人。 - There is no doubt/They have no doubt that he has a great capacity for work.
毫无疑问，他的工作能力非常强。 - Her capacity for remembering is amazing.
她的记忆力真惊人。 - This theory is within/beyond the capacity of young readers.
这种理论是年轻读者能够/难以理解的。
②也有人把capacity用作可数名词。
- There is no doubt about the capacities of Jimmy.
吉米的能力毋庸置疑。
③capacity用于事物时，作“容量，能力”解，可以指“工厂、机器的生产能力；容器的容量”，这里从略。
(7) ①capability用于人时，意为“能力”，常用形式为capability of doing sth.或capability to do sth.。也可用于事物，指工厂、机器等的生产加工能力。可以是可数名词，也可以是不可数名词。
- Now our country is no longer what she used to be a hundred and fifty years ago; she has the capabilities to defeat any aggressors.
现在我们的国家已不是150年前的情况了，她有能力击败任何来犯之敌。 - Most people consider that he has great capabilities as a leader.
大多数人都认为他作为一位领导人有非凡的领导才能。 - This factory has a capability of turning out 2.5 million tons of steel a year.
这家钢铁厂年产钢的能力是250万吨。
②capability又作“潜在的、未得到充分发展的能力、才能”解。这时一般用复数。
- The young man has great capabilities as a technician: he's well worth training.
这个年轻人很有技师潜质，很值得培养。
(8) accomplishment可用来表示“技艺，才艺，教养”，尤指社交、家政方面的技艺，用作可数名词。
- Among her accomplishments were dancing, playing the piano, sewing, cooking and riding.
她多才多艺，会跳舞，弹钢琴，女红，烹饪和骑马。
(9) facility用于人时，意为“灵巧，熟练，才能”，多用作不可数名词。
- He has great facility in learning languages.
他有学语言的了不起的才能。 - As a typist, she showed facility in performing her task.
作为打字员，她干起工作来显得相当娴熟。
