uninitiated

英 [ˌʌnɪˈnɪʃieɪtɪd]

美 [ˌʌnɪˈnɪʃieɪtɪd]

n.  无专门知识(或经验)的人; 门外汉; 外行
adj.  外行的，缺少经验的

GRE

BNC.19925 / COCA.20858

牛津词典

noun

• 无专门知识（或经验）的人；门外汉；外行
  people who have no special knowledge or experience of sth
  1. To the uninitiated the system seems too complicated.
     对外行而言，这个系统似乎过于复杂。

柯林斯词典

• N-PLURAL 缺乏某种特定知识（或经验）的人；不熟悉某种特定情况的人
  You can refer to people who have no knowledge or experience of a particular subject or activity asthe uninitiated.
  1. For the uninitiated, Western Swing is a fusion of jazz, rhythm & blues, rock & roll and country music...
     对于外行人来说，西部摇摆是爵士乐、节奏布鲁斯、摇滚乐和乡村音乐的融合。
  2. Its appeal may not be immediately obvious to the uninitiated.
     不熟悉的人很难一下子体会到它的魅力。
  3. Uninitiatedis also an adjective.
     
  4. For those uninitiated in scientific ocean drilling, the previous record was a little over 4 km...
     对于那些不熟悉科学大洋钻探的人来说，之前的纪录是4千米多一点。
  5. This may not be visible to the uninitiated eye, but the experienced quarryman sees it.
     也许外行人看不出来，但是逃不过有经验的采石工人的眼睛。

英英释义

adj

• not initiated
  1. it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes
  2. he took part in the experiment as a naive subject
  Synonym:uninitiatenaive

双语例句

• To the uninitiated, economics has always been a dismal science.
  对门外汉来说，经济学永远是种沉闷无趣的科学。
• The contempt of Indian science for the uninitiated has resulted in modes of expression unequalled for obscurity and difficulty;
  这方面的行家因为轻视印度学问而在表述方式上流于不应有的晦涩和艰深。
• Premature promotion of FOSS to uninitiated users when it is not ready would only create a bad impression.
  时机不成熟时对没有发动起来的用户推广不完善的自由软件只会造成坏印象。
• What's the difference, the uninitiated may ask, between eggshell white and wedding gown white ( bWall Street Journal)
  没有经验的人可能会问，蛋壳白色和结婚礼服白色之间有什么差别（b华尔街期刊）
• For the uninitiated ( or those over 30), "snaps" are instant messages/ photos that self-destruct ten seconds or less after being viewed.
  或许你还不知道Snapchat（30岁以上的读者恐怕都不太知道它），“快照”是在被查看后的10秒钟内自动销毁的即时消息或照片。
• The startup universe is a large one and can seem overwhelming and impenetrable to the uninitiated.
  创业企业林林总总，在门外汉看起来可能高深莫测。
• For the uninitiated, setting up a full-scale production portal environment can be quite daunting.
  对于新手来说，设置一个完整的产品门户环境可能非常困难。
• For the uninitiated, eco-fashion is a process of creating garments with environment friendly techniques and processes which are non-hazardous to the environment.
  对于外行可以这样说，环保时装是一个用环保技术和对环境无害的工序来生产服装的过程。
• To the uninitiated, it may appear that a degree in finance is currently one of the least useful qualifications, as banks disappear and bankers join the dole queues.
  对于外行来说，金融学位现在似乎是最没用的资格证书，因为银行消失了，银行家加入了领取失业救济金的队伍。
• Pinterest, for the uninitiated, is a deceptively simple-sounding, insanely addictive social media site that lets users collect and share images on digital pinboards.
  也许有人是初次听说Pinterest，这是个表面看似简单，却能让人疯狂上瘾的社交媒体网站，用户可在网站的数字公告栏上收集、共享图片。