competenceKK [ˋkɑmpətɪns] /ˈkɑmpətɪns/名詞1能力、本事No one doubts her competence in handling difficult clients.沒有人懷疑她應付難纏客戶的能力。2勝任、稱職The new manager quickly proved his competence to the whole team.新任經理很快就向整個團隊證明自己足以勝任。3權限、職權、管轄權法律The case falls outside the competence of this court.這個案件不屬於本法院的管轄權範圍。4語言能力語言學Linguists distinguish competence from actual language performance.語言學家把語言能力與實際的語言表現區分開來。