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

• Their publications were vapid and amateurish.
  他们的出版物枯燥乏味，且外行浅薄。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But the tone is amateurish and counterproductive.
  但是其言辞却显得业余而适得其反。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。