此时ear不是“耳朵”，而是“听觉，听力”等：
have a good ear for sth 对……有鉴赏（欣赏）力，有眼光，有探查发现某事物的能力，对……敏感；对……会欣赏；对……有领悟力
She had a good ear for music.
她对音乐有鉴赏力。
The little girl has a good ear for music.
这个小女孩对音乐的鉴赏能力很强。
The girl has no ear for music.
那姑娘对音乐毫无鉴赏力。
She has a good ear for languages.
她学语言的听力很好。（她对语言的听力有天赋。）
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have a good ear for sth=have a good nose for sth = have an eye for sth=have good taste in sth
对……有眼光（鉴赏力）/ 对..感兴趣；对…很敏感；很善于发现; 有探查发现某事物的能力
She has an ear for music. 她对音乐感兴趣。（她对音乐有鉴赏力。她对音乐很敏感。）
He is a reporter who has a nose for scandals.
他是个善于收集丑闻的记者。
We say a good reporter must have a “nose” for a story.
我们说,一个好地记者必须有一个对新闻非常敏感地“嗅觉”.
Experienced teachers often have sharp noses for students’ problem.
有经验的老师通常对学生问题很敏感。
As a reporter, Jane has a nose for a story.
作为记者，简善于发现题材。
Reporters have a good nose for news.
记者对新闻有很强的觉察力。
Gergen had a great sense of news, a good nose for trends, and a wide range of contacts.
格根有很强的新闻意识，对潮流嗅觉灵敏，而且人脉很广。
trend [trend]
n.趋势;趋向;倾向;动态;动向
vi.倾向;趋势
She had an infallible eye for style.
在时尚方面她的眼光错不了。
She has a good eye for fashion.
她对时装很有眼力。
He has an eye for beauty and a heart for associations.
他有审美的眼光和富于联想的心。
He has a quick eye for mistakes.
他一眼就能看出错误。
He had an eye for detail.
他很善于发现并记住细节。
He has a better eye for similarities among cultures than for diversities.
他看各种文化之间的相似点比看其相异点更为透彻。
The story shows a strong narrative gift and a vivid eye for detail.
这个故事显示了作者较强的叙事能力和对细节的观察入微。
He has a good eye for detail and notices almost everything.
他明察秋毫，几乎一切事情都注意到了。
My friend has a keen eye for a bargain.
我的朋友最会发现便宜货。
Tony was a bit of a lad ─ always had an eye for the women.
托尼这小子真是个花花公子——总是很会欣赏女人。
He has very good taste in music.
他有很高的音乐欣赏力。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
I must say that you have good taste.
我说呀，你真有眼光。
She has a good taste in dressing/ clothes.
她衣着方面很有品味/眼光/鉴赏力。
You really have good taste in clothes.
你穿衣服真是有品位。
have a gift for有…方面的天赋
The child has a gift for music.=The child has musical talent.
这孩子有音乐天才。
She has a great gift for music.
她极有音乐天赋。
I've always had a gift for learning languages.
我一向有学习语言的天分。
He seemed to have a gift for pastiche.
他似乎有模仿他人作品的天赋。
Steven had a gift for painting and he could easily understand what I described in class.
史蒂文有绘画天赋，能轻松理解我在课堂上描述的内容。(中考真题)