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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He was laughed for his amateurish performance.
  他那笨拙的表演遭到了嘲笑。
• Besides my amateurish skill, the mental conditions vary too.
  除了技术不成熟之外，心理上也不同。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。