competence
n[U]
1 ~ (for/as/in sth); ~ (in doing sth/to do sth) being competent; ability 胜任; 能力; 称职
No one doubts her competence as a teacher. 谁也不怀疑她能胜任教师工作.
competence in solving problems 解决问题的能力.
2 ~ (to do sth) (of a court, a judge, etc) legal authority (指法院、 法官等的)管辖权, 权限
matters within/beyond the competence of the court, ie ones that it can/cannot legally deal with 法院权限以内[以外]的事(法院依法能[不能]解决的事).
We can perhaps forgive those who said the moons of Jupiter were produced by Galileo's spyglass if we recall that in his day, as for centuries before, curved glass was the popular contrivance for producing not truth but illusion, untruth;