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单词 novice
释义 nov·ice
\ˈnävə̇s\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English novice, novis, from Middle French novice, from Medieval Latin novicius, from Latin, new, inexperienced, from novus
1.
 a. : one who has entered a religious house and is on probation : a postulant who has received the habit in a religious house and is under training
 b. : one newly received into the church or one newly converted to the Christian faith
2. : one who has no previous training or experience in a specific field or activity : beginner, tyro
 < a novice in cooking who had never prepared a meal >
 < a novice who was teaching his first class >
 < a novice at bridge >
3. : an animal that has never won a first prize in show competition
Synonyms:
 novitiate, apprentice, probationer, postulant, neophyte: novice and the less common novitiate may designate any inexperienced beginner in a trade, career, or way of life, especially in a religious order
  < superiors instructing novices >
  < her book shows the uneven hand of a novice at writing — Rose Feld >
  < to show the Communist novitiate as a human being with idealistic impulses — Daniel Bell >
  apprentice may apply to a beginner placed, sometimes formally, under a master or supervisor for training or instruction
  < while still an apprentice, he had made his first attempt at engraving — R.C.Smith >
  < the breathless, the fructifying adoration of a young apprentice in the atelier of some great master of the Renaissance — Van Wyck Brooks >
  probationer indicates a beginner on trial in which he must demonstrate aptitude
  < the probationer is not allowed to take part in assemblies or to sit as a judge — Current Biography >
  postulant designates a candidate on probation, especially for admission to a religious order
  < a master in the field of diplomacy but a postulant in democratic politics — M.W.Straight >
  neophyte is applicable to one, often eager and unsophisticated, newly connected with or entered into a group, society, faith, or pursuit
  < the old philosopher of Monticello was more than pleased with this ardent neophyte, who offered to purchase books for him in Europe — Van Wyck Brooks >
  < in many states it is almost impossible to differentiate between the neophyte and the confirmed criminal — C.R.Cooper >
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