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

• His portrait of Debbie was a rather amateurish effort.
  他为黛比所画的肖像是一幅相当不成熟的作品。
• There are some characteristics in the teaching of amateurish adult medical students.
  医学成人业余班的教学具有自身特点。
• A very amateurish job; inexpert but conscientious efforts; an unskilled painting.
  很不专业的工作；虽不熟练但很尽责的工作；业余水平的画儿。
• I mean, they're amateurish.
  我的意思是他们不专业。
• Yet fortunately, the newspaper undertakes much of this on my behalf, leaving my own brand-building efforts amateurish and patchy.
  但不幸的是，这份报纸替我代劳了大部分这方面的工作，使我打造个人品牌的手段既业余，又不完整。
• 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。
• They typically& they like to talk about the politics of it and this thing, that it's dead on arrival or it'ssomeone said it's an amateurish proposal.
  他们不约而同地大书特书这个改革的政治色彩，或者说些这个计划死定了之类的话，有的人还说这是个欠考虑的改革计划。
• 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。
• 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。
• According to our research, these clubs are different from the general amateurish club.
  据调查显示，这些俱乐部与国际一般的业余俱乐部和职业俱乐部是不同的。