amateurish

英 [ˈæmətərɪʃ]

美 [ˈæmətərɪʃ]

adj.  外行的; 生手的; 业余的

GRE

BNC.20119 / COCA.25255

牛津词典

adj.

• 外行的；生手的；业余的
  not done or made well or with skill
  1. Detectives described the burglary as ‘crude and amateurish’.
     侦探称这次夜盗是拙劣的生手干的。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 业余水准的；不熟练的；（像）外行的
  If you describe something asamateurish, you think that it is not skilfully made or done.
  1. We have to develop a less amateurish approach to our organisations...
     我们必须使我们对待自己组织的态度变得较为专业。
  2. The paintings looked amateurish.
     这些画作看起来只具备业余水准。

英英释义

adj

• lacking professional skill or expertise
  1. a very amateurish job
  2. inexpert but conscientious efforts
  3. an unskilled painting
  Synonym:amateurinexpertunskilled

双语例句

• Wings are absolutely unforgiving: used in an amateurish manner, they will exaggerate postural ineptness and inadequate muscular control.
  翼是绝对无情的：在一个业余的方式使用，他们会夸大姿势无能和肌肉的控制不足。
• It makes me despair that we are led by such men, with researchers who are so amateurish.
  这样的人在领导着我们，而且协助他的研究者如此业余，实在让我绝望。
• Their publications were vapid and amateurish.
  他们的出版物枯燥乏味，且外行浅薄。
• That was her final judgment on the story as a whole& amateurish, though she did not tell him so.
  整个说来，这就是她对这篇小说的结论&功力不够，然而她没有这样对他说。
• The release was obviously a hoax, full of unsubstantiated claims and amateurish grammar and punctuation errors.
  这篇新闻稿显然是个恶作剧，通篇充斥着毫无事实根据的指控以及拙劣的语法和拼写错误。
• Besides my amateurish skill, the mental conditions vary too.
  除了技术不成熟之外，心理上也不同。
• But in the 1960s and 1970s, when Cambodia faced its greatest traumas, Sihanouk failed to develop a coherent strategic vision for the country and retreated into making amateurish romantic films as his nation was plunged into crisis by the Vietnam war.
  但在上世纪六七十年代柬埔寨经历其最苦难的岁月时，西哈努克却未能为他的国家制定出一套条理清晰的战略愿景，而且还在越南战争把柬埔寨拖入泥潭之际躲起来去鼓捣业余爱情电影了。
• Could someone in the 21st century shift professions so seamlessly? I fear they would be dismissed as amateurish or lightweight.
  在21世纪，有谁能像他这样如此完美地实现职业转换？恐怕这类人会被视为半瓶子醋或是没什么真本事的人。
• It was an amateurish affair, in which she appeared to stare throughout at the wrong camera.
  在辩论过程中，她一直盯着错误的摄像机镜头，显得十分外行。
• Some professional competition and performance come out in succession besides some amateurish ones on ACG exhibitions here and there.
  除了各地的大小漫展上的比赛和表演，一些专门的赛事和演出也陆续出现。