| 单词 | amateurish |
| 释义 | amateurish (once / 11891 pages) adj Something that's amateurish is done by someone who's not an expert. Your amateurish attempt at baking might result in a lopsided pink cake, for example. If your handmade dress is amateurish, it won't look like you bought it in a department store. When a brand new teacher makes an amateurish try at getting his class's attention, he doesn't exactly sound like an authority figure. At the heart of amateurish is the noun amateur, or "beginner." The oldest meaning of amateur is "lover of something," from the Latin amatorem, "lover," although by the late 1700's it came to mean "dabbler," or not a professional. WORD FAMILYamateurish: amateurishly, amateurishness+/amateur: amateurish, amateurism, amateurly, amateurs/amateurism: amateurisms USAGE EXAMPLESThe feature-length videos in the show, including meditations on Patty Hearst, the Manson family and the Weather Underground, are variously gory, tedious, compelling and amateurish. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) But what about the concern that too many live streaming videos from companies look amateurish? BBC(Dec 14, 2016) With so much to cover, it’s a regrettably amateurish effort in tone, style and pacing, as if her first cut were her final cut. Los Angeles Times(Dec 01, 2016) adj lacking professional skill or expertise a very amateurish job Syn amateur, inexpert, unskilled unprofessional not characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession |
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