| 词组 | know-how |
| 释义 | know-how Good old American know-how: the word, if not the quality it names, was first in evidence in 1838, but it began to appear commonly in print only about a hundred years later. Its great popularity in the decades since attests to its usefulness. It denotes a kind of practical knowledge and skill—an ability to solve problems and get things done—which no other word quite gets at {expertise perhaps comes closest, though its connotations are quite different). More often than not, the contexts in which it occurs have to do with business or technology: • ... failed in commercial ventures because they lacked marketing knowhow —Forbes, 1 May 1967 • We can develop the know-how, and we can train the people needed to get the job done —Robert C. Weaver, Michigan Business Rev., July 1968 • ... a nation with technical know-how but few energy resources —Janet L. Hopson, Smithsonian, November 1982 • ... the knowhow of mature electronic engineers — Paul Preuss, Science, July/August 1985 Usage commentators in general have found little fault with know-how. Evans 1957 briefly notes that it is standard in American English, and Gowers in Fowler 1965 observes that it has come to be accepted in British English as well, despite its American origins. Bernstein 1965, Watt 1967, and Shaw 1987 consider it overused. Bremner 1980 says it is a handy word. |
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