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dilettante

/dil-i-tahnt, dil-i-tahnt, -tahn-tey, -tan-tee/US // ˈdɪl ɪˌtɑnt, ˌdɪl ɪˈtɑnt, -ˈtɑn teɪ, -ˈtæn ti //UK // (ˌdɪlɪˈtɑːntɪ) //

一知半解的人,一知半解者,一知半解,一知半解人

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural dil·et·tantes, dil·et·tan·ti [dil-i-tahn-tee]. /ˈdɪl ɪˈtɑn ti/.

    • : a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, especially in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler.
    • : a lover of an art or science, especially of a fine art.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to dilettantes.

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Examples

  • The standard critique is that guiding companies are hauling rich, inexperienced dilettantes up the mountain who create traffic jams and make bad decisions, putting everyone at greater risk.

  • Delivering water helps “dispel the nagging guilt of a slumming dilettante, but only a little” Hardin writes, while wondering whether it’s possible to make a difference in a place “where the devastation extends back decades.”

  • Suggestions ranged from the dilettante purse designer played by Jennifer Coolidge in the original series to Leslie Jones, who seemed to have Samantha confused with Sabrina the Teenage Witch.

  • Brands to knowAs with most electronics, certain brands become synonymous with certain types of products because in this space it’s better to be a master of one or two things than a dilettante in a lot of things.

  • The fired host unloads on Current TV, accusing Al Gore of being a dilettante and co-owner Joel Hyatt of blackmail.

  • But the director publicly clashed with Norton (calling him a “narcissistic dilettante”).

  • He fully admits his chronicle of Galliano's shows from 2004 to 2010 was “the work of a dilettante.”

  • I finally feel like I can call myself a writer now, rather than writing being just something I do on the side, as a dilettante.

  • This deficiency in technique must even debar him from claiming any higher signification than that of a clever dilettante.

  • He had dropped in in a dilettante spirit to hear the spirited debate, and the judges were greatly honored.

  • With increase of reading we have fallen into a fireside, dilettante culture of ideas as an intellectual pleasure.

  • Do not suspect that I impose on you the task of writing letters to answer my dilettante questions.

  • I believe this to be the test to distinguish the mere dilettante from the artist of real genius.