单词 | non-proficient |
释义 | † non-proficientn. Obsolete. A person who fails to make progress or improve. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > failure to progress > one who fails to make progress non-proficient1579 1579–80 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 99 As if..we were born to be the only Nonproficients and Nihilagents of the world. 1608 J. Dod & R. Cleaver Plaine Expos. Prov. 24 Reproofe of Non-proficients which are taught much and learne little. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. xiii. 47) Christ is an incessant teacher: learn then, for shame, lest he turn us off for non-proficients. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. ix. sig. Dd7 If a Sermon leave us Devouter than it found us..we may be Despondents, but are not altogether Non-proficients. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1579 |
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