| 词汇 | amateur |
| 释义 | amateurWord family adjectiveamateurishadverbamateurishlynounamateurishnessamateuramateurship am·a·teur1 /ˈamətə, -tʃʊə, -tʃə, ˌæməˈtɜː $ ˈæmətʃʊr, -tər/ ●○○ noun [countableC] 1 JOB/WORKsomeone who does an activity just for pleasure, not as their job 业余爱好者 OPP professional a gifted amateur 有天赋的业余爱好者 Mickelson won his first major golf tournament while still an amateur. 米克尔森还是业余选手时就赢得了他第一个高尔夫球锦标赛大奖。 2 informal someone who you think is not very skilled at something 外行，生手 You English are a bunch of amateurs when it comes to romance. 谈情说爱你们英国人就外行了。 5 —amateur adj an amateur orchestra 业余管弦乐队 amateur dramatics BrE (=producing or acting in plays for pleasure) 【英】业余戏剧活动 —amateurism noun [uncountableU] well-meaning amateurism 出于好意的外行做法 Examples from the Corpus amateur• Expectations for Verplank soared after that tour victory in 1985, the first by an amateur since Gene Littler in 1954.• Compared to those guys, I'm an amateur.• They are a magnet for tourists, experienced boaters and amateurs alike.• It is obvious that it thought the enlightened amateur, like Hope himself, was the ideal judge.• Jack Lemmon, his longtime amateur partner, will be absent after 23 consecutive unsuccessful attempts to make the pro-am cut.• The orchestra is made up entirely of amateurs.• The cast was made up mostly of amateurs.• From 175 out of 450 county cricketers in 1949 the number of amateurs fell to 72 out of 370 in 1961.• The first time, in 1962, Daley ran a political amateur for sheriff and Ogilvie beat him.• John Enright of the Olympic Club is one of the amateurs. amateur2n ●○○ adjectiveadj n1 doing something for pleasure, or done for pleasure, and not as a job OPP professional an amateur golfer amateur dramatics British EnglishBrE (=producing or acting in plays for pleasure) 【英】业余戏剧活动 n2 amateurish It was a very amateur performance. From Longman Business Dictionary amateuram·a·teur /ˈæmətə, -tʃʊə, -tʃə, ˌæməˈtɜːˈæmətʃʊr, -tər/ noun [countableC] someone who does an activity for pleasure, not as a job He thinks the drawings could be the work of an amateur. —amateur adjectiveadj amateur photographers (1700-1800) French Latin amator “lover”, from amare “to love” |
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