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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Then later he began to appear in some films as an amateurish actor.
  接着，他便开始在一些电影中进行业余表演。
• Does this mean that the web design can look sloppy or amateurish?
  这是否意味着网页设计草率或业余的可看？
• 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。
• 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。
• Besides my amateurish skill, the mental conditions vary too.
  除了技术不成熟之外，心理上也不同。
• 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。