com·pe·tence /ˈkɑmpətən(t)s/
 勝任,資格,能力


 com·pe·tence /ˈkɑmpətən(t)s/ 名詞
 感受性,勝任性,(反應)能力,感受態


 Com·pe·tence Com·pe·ten·cy, n.
 1. The state of being competent; fitness; ability; adequacy; power.
    The loan demonstrates, in regard to instrumental resources, the competency of this kingdom to the assertion of the common cause.   --Burke.
    To make them act zealously is not in the competence of law.   --Burke.
 2. Property or means sufficient for the necessaries and conveniences of life; sufficiency without excess.
 Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense,
 Lie in three words -- health, peace, and competence.   --Pope.
    Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer.   --Shak.
 3. Law (a) Legal capacity or qualifications; fitness; as, the competency of a witness or of a evidence. (b) Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge or court.

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 competence
      n : the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically
          and intellectually [syn: competency] [ant: incompetence]