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for·te1 /ˈfɔːteɪ $ fɔːrt/ noun  1  be somebody’s forte GOOD ATto be something that you do well or are skilled at 是某人的专长 He found that running long distances was not his forte. 他发现长跑并不是他的强项。 As a writer, her forte is comedy. 作为作家，她的专长是写喜剧。2. [countable]APM a note or line of music played or sung loudly 强音；用强音演奏[唱出]的一段乐曲

Examples from the Corpus

forte• Massages are a forte of the Waves staff.• Fine lines and shading are not our cultural forte.• Her forte is recreating historical scenes, characters and lives.• Boxing and rugby are his forte.• His forte had been the media sound bite.• I had never been good with pistols, rifles being my forte.• But goat glands were by no means his only forte.

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for·te2 /ˈfɔːteɪ $ ˈfɔːr-/ adjective, adverb technical  APMplayed or sung loudly 用强音的[地]；响亮的[地] OPP pianoOrigin forte1 (1600-1700) French fort (influenced by → FORTE1); → FORT

for·te1 nounfor·te2 adjectiveChineseSyllable  

something do well Corpus that to be or you

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for‧te¹ /ˈfɔːteɪ $ fɔːrt/ noun1. be sb’s forte to be something that you do well or are skilled at:
    He found that running long distances was not his forte.
    As a writer, her forte is comedy.
2. [countable] a note or line of music played or sung loudly

II

for‧te² /ˈfɔːteɪ $ ˈfɔːr-/ adjective, adverb technical
played or sung loudly
   OPP  piano