Amateur
['æmətə;-tʃə;-tjʊə;,æmə'tɜː] or [ˈæmətər]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime.
(noun.) an athlete who does not play for pay.
(adj.) engaged in as a pastime; 'an amateur painter'; 'gained valuable experience in amateur theatricals'; 'recreational golfers'; 'reading matter that is both recreational and mentally stimulating'; 'unpaid extras in the documentary' .
錄入:泰茜--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; esp. one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.
整理:塞丽娜
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Virtuoso, CONNOISSEUR, DILETTANTE, critic, man of taste.
手打:鲁迪
解釋/意思:
n. one who cultivates a particular study or art for the love of it and not professionally: in general terms one who plays a game for pleasure as distinguished from a professional who plays for money—nearly every game has its special definition to meet its own requirements.—adjs. Amateur; Amateur′ish imperfect and defective as the work of an amateur rather than a professional hand.—adv. Amateur′ishly.—ns. Amateur′ishness; Amateur′ism Amateur′ship.
整理:佩吉
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of seeing an amateur actor on the stage, denotes that you will see your hopes pleasantly and satisfactorily fulfilled. If they play a tragedy, evil will be disseminated through your happiness. If there is an indistinctness or distorted images in the dream, you are likely to meet with quick and decided defeat in some enterprise apart from your regular business.
編輯:利瓦伊
例句/造句/用法:
- American youths to-day are given, if of a mechanical turn of mind, to amateur telegraphy or telephony, but seldom, if ever, have to make any part of the system constructed. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The owner of the house, Mr. Tonkin, was an old friend of the Davy family, and very fond of Humphrey, but the amateur experiments were almost too much for him. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- It seems that the musket had been run over by a handcar, which slightly bent the long barrel, but not sufficiently for an amateur like Fox to notice. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- I named Sunday at two o'clock, and immediately handed over his note to Mr. Livius, the amateur play-writer, French horn-blower, lady-killer, &c. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Some engineers have been tempted to call him a lucky amateur, a talented artist who happened to become interested in new methods of navigation. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The reasoning is perilously like that of the gifted lady amateur who expects to achieve greatness by imitating the paint box and palette, oils and canvases of an artist. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- As in the Civil War the private cit izen had held his own with the professional soldier, so here the contribution of the amateur to the discussion was not to be despised. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- It was the queerest of rooms, fitted and furnished more like a luxurious amateur tap-room than anything else within the ken of Silas Wegg. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The inventor has become a scientist and a mechanic, and no longer an amateur discoverer. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- It was only by trying begging as an amateur that I could get the facts upon which to base my articles. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Only the pathetic amateur deludes himself into thinking that, if he presents the major and minor premise, the voter will automatically draw the conclusion on election day. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Now Crawley, from being only a brilliant amateur, had grown to be a consummate master of billiards. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Mr. Rochester is an amateur of the decided and eccentric: Grace is eccentric at least. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Without doubt these amateur sappers had been working hard, for the trench was dug, the dynamite cartridges placed therein, and the hole filled up. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- One must have one's workshop, otherwise one never ceases to be an amateur. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Guitar and mandolin are agreeable instruments for amateurs, but are never used in orchestral music. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Of course there were amateurs even in those early photographic days, but they were few and far between. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
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