プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
きよう【器用】
&fRoman1;〔上手な様子〕
器用な大工
a dexterous carpenter
彼女は指先が器用だ
She is clever [good] with her hands [fingers].
彼は器用に道具を使う
He is handy with tools.
彼はなんでも器用にする
He is good at everything.
彼女はたくさんの仕事を器用にこなしている
She has a lot of work to do and gets it done efficiently.
少年は器用に人込みをくぐり抜けた
The boy made his way nimbly through the crowd.
&fRoman2;〔抜け目のない様子〕
商取り引きにかけては彼ほど器用な者はいない
In business transactions nobody is as clever [shrewd] as he is.
彼は器用に世渡りをする
He knows how to get ahead in the world.
器用貧乏
彼は器用貧乏だ
He is a jack-of-all-trades and master of none.