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semipro

/adjective sem-ee-proh, sem-ahy-; noun sem-ee-proh, sem-ahy-/US // adjective ˈsɛm iˌproʊ, ˈsɛm aɪ-; noun ˌsɛm iˈproʊ, ˌsɛm aɪ- //UK // (ˈsɛmɪˌprəʊ) //

半成品,半官方,半官方的,半成品加工

Definitions

  1. 1

    plural sem·i·pros.Informal.

    • : semiprofessional.

Examples

  • After playing semipro baseball for a year he started typing up off-off-Broadway plays, supporting himself by waiting tables at the Village Gate nightclub in New York.

  • Smaller schools in particular may ax programs if they are required to pay players — the vast majority of schools already don’t turn a profit on their athletics programs — which could steer athletes toward burgeoning semipro leagues.

  • So it’s alarming to a certain extent that the top of the “Valorant” scene is filled with a lot of semipro “Counter-Strike” players.

  • Now and again, someone sees through the decorative math, but the semipro philosophizing just goes on and on.

  • Then there was the story of the semipro ball player who used cannabis for pain control.