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amateur

/am-uh-choor, -cher, -ter, am-uh-tur/US // ˈæm əˌtʃʊər, -tʃər, -tər, ˌæm əˈtɜr //UK // (ˈæmətə, -tʃə, -ˌtjʊə, ˌæməˈtɜː) //

业余者,业余爱好者,业余的,业余人士

Related Words

dilettante一知半解的人,一知半解者,一知半解,一知半解人tenderfoot嫩脚,温柔的脚,娇嫩的脚,嫩足ham火火腿,火鸡,火肉,火火beginner初学者,初学,初学时,初学阶段learner学员,学习者,学员们,学者novice新手,初学者,新手上路,新丁recruit招募,招人,招收,招集neophyte新手,新人,初学者,新丁hopeful有希望的,有希望,充满希望,充满希望的aspirant渴望者,有志者,有志之士,愿望者abecedarian堕落者,堕胎者,堕落的人,腹腔镜layperson外行,非专业人士,普通人,外行人dabbler涉猎者,涉足者,涉世未深的人,涉世未深者greenhorn绿野仙踪,绿皮人,绿野人,绿巨人tyro大亨,富豪,轮胎,胎儿apprentice学徒,学徒工,徒弟,徒工probationer试用期人员,试用期员工,试用期学员,缓刑犯putterer推销员,推手,推杆,推销人员nonprofessional非专业人员,非专业人士,非专业的,非专业bush leaguer灌木丛中的人,灌木丛里的人,灌木丛中的动物,灌木人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who engages in a study, sport, or other activity for pleasure rather than for financial benefit or professional reasons.Compare professional.
    • : an athlete who has never competed for payment or for a monetary prize.
    • : a person inexperienced or unskilled in a particular activity: Hunting lions is not for amateurs.
    • : a person who admires something; devotee; fan: an amateur of the cinema.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : characteristic of or engaged in by an amateur; nonprofessional: an amateur painter; amateur tennis.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nouncasual participant
Forms: amateurs
Synonyms
abecedarian堕落者,堕胎者,堕落的人,腹腔镜apprentice学徒,学徒工,徒弟,徒工aspirant渴望者,有志者,有志之士,愿望者beginner初学者,初学,初学时,初学阶段dabbler涉猎者,涉足者,涉世未深的人,涉世未深者dilettante一知半解的人,一知半解者,一知半解,一知半解人greenhorn绿野仙踪,绿皮人,绿野人,绿巨人ham火火腿,火鸡,火肉,火火hopeful有希望的,有希望,充满希望,充满希望的layperson外行,非专业人士,普通人,外行人learner学员,学习者,学员们,学者neophyte新手,新人,初学者,新丁novice新手,初学者,新手上路,新丁probationer试用期人员,试用期员工,试用期学员,缓刑犯putterer推销员,推手,推杆,推销人员recruit招募,招人,招收,招集tenderfoot嫩脚,温柔的脚,娇嫩的脚,嫩足tyro大亨,富豪,轮胎,胎儿sunday driver星期天的司机,周日司机,星期天司机,星期天的驾驶员bush leaguer灌木丛中的人,灌木丛里的人,灌木丛中的动物,灌木人nonprofessional非专业人员,非专业人士,非专业的,非专业

Examples

  • In April Christina Massey, a Brooklyn-based artist, created Artists for the USPS, an Instagram-driven group that connected amateur and professional artists in pairs, all as part of a move to help support the service.

  • Obviously, given that these are informal cookbooks full of recipes written by amateur chefs, not everything works.

  • Alex Hill, a Brooklyn-based amateur chef, is bringing people together through social media.

  • The technical barriers could prevent millions of amateur investors losing their shirts, which is what happened when the 2017 bubble popped.

  • These amateurs who think they’re experts don’t stand a chance, but do stand a chance of really getting sucked in.

  • Launched late last week, Ready for Romney appears to be, at best, political amateur hour.

  • Can you imagine Superman being handed over to a writer just a notch above amateur?

  • Thankfully, the Coleman kids reached a Burger King, and Wahlberg and his amateur biker gang rode off.

  • Sharp did lots of school plays, which led to a role in amateur operetta, then professional pantomime.

  • Today, though, professional and amateur historians can build counter-narratives that are hard to dismantle.

  • To assist the amateur and collector in this pursuit is the object of the present little work.

  • A Cremona Violin is, to a rich amateur, a loadstone that is sure to attract the shining metal from the depths of his purse.

  • The tone is with few exceptions sweet in quality and seldom powerful, but admirably suited to the amateur.

  • The Dictionary we have compiled will tell the amateur what names will most probably supply the qualities he desires.

  • In considering the first point, power, the amateur will have to beware of a very possible mistake he may fall into.

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