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

• But the tone is amateurish and counterproductive.
  但是其言辞却显得业余而适得其反。
• With the rapid development of amateurish tour guides, there is a vigorous development in tourism, but it also brings challenges of management and service.
  兼职导游的激增为我国旅游业的发展注入了新的活力，但是也带来了管理、服务等多方面的挑战。
• 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。
• Conservative Jim Garner presents us with an amateurish politician unqualified for the vice presidency, yet also a shrewd legal opportunist swimming in cash.
  属于保守派的吉姆·加纳让我们看到的爱德华兹是一个当副总统还不够格的外行政客，一个在钱海中游泳的精明的机会主义律师。
• 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。
• Most of the subtitle translation has been done just by amateurish English lovers, which leads to diverse formation of the staff and uneven quality of subtitle translation.
  而真正从事字幕翻译的人员，大多数是业余的英语爱好者，这也就导致了字幕翻译人员组成多样，翻译质量参差不齐。
• 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。
• I mean, they're amateurish.
  我的意思是他们不专业。
• Modern intellectual has to be a professionals but he/ she must try to keep a amateurish attitude;
  知识分子在现代虽然不得不是一个专业者但他必须同时努力保持一种业余的态度；
• Besides my amateurish skill, the mental conditions vary too.
  除了技术不成熟之外，心理上也不同。