单词 | non-specialist |
释义 | non-specialistn.adj. A. n. A person who is not a specialist (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > intellectual command, mastery > [noun] > broad knowledge or view > student of non-specialist1779 universarian1880 generalist1894 1779 in Suppl. Dr. Swift's Wks. III. Index 367 Doctors in Divinity, and Non-specialists, are to take place of squires not nobly descended. 1874 Appletons' Jrnl. 13 June 763/3 The features of such a study as is the subject of this volume, have something very impressive to the ‘non-specialist’. 1920 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 26 26 There is something further..which very much needs to be said to specialists and non-specialists alike. 1933 Discovery Sept. 286/2 He has just written a remarkable book, where the non-specialist will find much of interest. 1989 S. H. Schneider Global Warming (1990) p. x How can any nonspecialist deal with controversial scientific questions? B. adj. 1. Of a person: not a specialist. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > of no special quality > not specialist or technical miscellaneous1711 untechnicala1832 non-specialist1888 generalist1954 1888 Science 6 July 8/1 To the undergraduate, or even non-specialist post-graduate, almost its only service will be that of a work of reference. 1919 W. Lewis Caliph's Design iii. 53 I am..only giving so much general matter..as is necessary to remind a non-specialist public of the rough points of the position. 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Jan. 46/2 An editor whose speciality is to be non-specialist. 1998 Educ. Rev. 12 ii. 93/1 The teachers' manual is clearly laid out with detailed lesson plans. It would be of particular use to nonspecialist MFL teachers. 2. Aimed at or suited for non-specialists; not specialized. ΚΠ 1971 Dict. National Biogr. 1951–60 622/1 The non-specialist teaching course..is the basis of the education there. 1993 Art Newspaper Jan. 14/2 Lavish, decidedly non-specialist book on the development of what might be termed ‘artist's wallpaper’. 2001 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 18 Nov. 11 A unique professional body providing non-specialist general business education to practising and aspiring managers and executives. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1779 |
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