| 单词 | rank amateur |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrank amateur rank amateur n. a person who is completely inexperienced or inept at a particular activity; cf. sense A. 17a. ΚΠ 1884 Syracuse (N.Y.) Standard 9 July 5/1 Law, a rank amateur, was sent in to catch. 1936 R. Riskin Mr. Deeds goes to Town in Six Screenplays (1997) 381 Longfellow Deeds..who went out last night to prove that his uncle..was a rank amateur in the art of ‘standing the town on its cauliflower ear’. 1998 Independent 28 Mar. i. 2/2 A deceitful and filthy plan which makes Machiavelli look like a rank amateur. < as lemmas |
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